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Mazumdar-Shaw Center for Advanced Therapeutics (MS-CAT) was established at the Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Center, Narayana Health City by the Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, Dr. MK Bhan. The centre announced about the new facilities for the treatment of cancer on Friday. GANIT labs, Strand Genomics, Cornell University,... 

KOLKATA: Five-year-old Moinam Pal, an e-beta thalassaemia patient, walked into medical history on Friday as the first Indian patient to be cured by mixed stem cell therapy. The unique method of treatment that combines stem cells taken from cord blood as well as bone marrow works better than cord blood and bone marrow stem... 

JAIPUR: City-based NGOs observed World AIDS Orphans Day on Saturday to draw attention to the plight of such children. They organised programmes to sensitise people. Lata Singh, programme cordinator of FXB India Suraksha, said 15 lakh children are homeless due to HIV in India. The situation is getting worse in Rajasthan... 

On the desk in my husband’s office sits a black-and-white photo of his grandparents’ massive brood from sometime in the 1930s. One of their nine children is missing, dead of an infectious disease that medical science has long since vanquished. Today, the photo seems like a relic. Increased confidence that children... 

MUMBAI: The medical interns’ strike showed no signs of ending even on Saturday, as the state government did not wish to commit on several grounds, including not invoking the Essential Maintenance Services Act (ESMA) on the former. The strike, over increasing the stipend amount given to interns... 

VADODARA: The first ever centre of excellence for nursing will come up in the city. The foundation stone for the college of nursing that will also serve as the centre of excellence was laid in the city on Saturday. The nursing college will come up at the Vaccine Institute land on Old Padra Road. The institute is being built... 

A recent study carried out by the researchers from the National Eye Institute in the United States has claimed that Avastin is slightly riskier as compared to Lucentis for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The new study is published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Lucentis is more expensive... 

Jammu, May 7 (PTI) Continuing its crackdown against illegal ultrasound clinics, the Jammu and Kashmir government today sealed one more such clinic in the city. With this, a total number of 23 illegal ultrasound clinics were sealed by the health department teams in Jammu division. Health officials team led by Deputy Director,... 

A recent study conducted at oxford university says that any form of ‘No Smoking ‘signs create an interest and it evokes a desire in smokers to have a puff. The effect of ‘No Smoking’ signs in smokers to create a desire for smoking is described as ‘Ironic Effect’. Earp who led the team said that every smoker who... 

A former employee at the London Free Press, Liza Sardi, spoke at a memorial for her mother and said it is so hard to lose the person who has loved you the longest and best. I’ve never forgotten Liza’s words. Our mothers give us unconditional love even during times of discipline. Moms make mistakes of course but they...