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Explained | Abaucin, the potential new antibiotic found with machine-learning

The compound targets A. baumannii, a “red alert” pathogen notorious for its ability to resist many currently available antibiotics.

Vasudevan Mukunth

Paralysed man walks with the help of brain implant

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

Taking a daily multivitamin appears to boost brains of adults over 60, but more study is needed

Explained | What is the National Medical Devices Policy, 2023?

Saptaparno Ghosh

Autoimmune diseases – of which MS is one – occur when the body’s immune system damages itself by mistake. Image for Representation.

Multiple sclerosis: new evidence for the role of glandular fever virus

Science This Week | Bezos’ Blue Origin to develop moon lander, genome helps find origin of humans and more

Hundreds of millions of life years lost to pandemic: WHO

Former textile mill worker’s body donated to Coimbatore Medical College

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Fabrizio Fidati, who lost his right hand in an accident 25 years ago, concentrates to feel where is on his fantom hand the sensor that Jonathan Muheim doctoral assistant applies on his limb during the presentation of bionic technology that helps amputees feel the temperature of objects again in their phantom hands at the Campus Biotech at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Geneva, Switzerland April 19, 2023.

Amputees could feel warmth of human touch with new bionic technology

A healthcare professional tests a patient’s blood samples in Srinagar. Image for representational purpose only.

TB testing stuck in the previous century, and waiting for change

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya during his interaction with representatives of Japanese medical devices companies in Tokyo. Photo: Twitter/@mansukhmandviya

Indian medical devices sector to emerge as global leader in manufacturing, innovation in 25 years: Mandaviya

New research has shown the nervous system of long Covid patients experiencing fatigue to exhibit under activity in these three areas - specific cortical circuits, autonomic nervous system and muscle abnormalities.

Fatigue in long Covid patients found to impact their nervous system

Welcome initiative: on quality human clinical trials and using ayurveda and modern medicine

Britain’s fertility regulator said the first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people have been born, in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases.

Baby’s got three parents: explaining Mitochondrial Donation Treatment

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, finds an experimental skin patch shows promise to treat toddlers who are highly allergic to peanuts.

A skin patch to treat peanut allergies? Study in toddlers shows promise

This undated image made available by the National Human Genome Research Institute shows the output from a DNA sequencer. The much-heralded Human Genome Project was a huge milestone for science, but most of that genetic blueprint came from one man from Buffalo, N.Y. On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, scientists announced they have sequenced the genomes of 47 people from around the world, allowing scientists to be able to look at what’s normal and what’s not across people and learn more about what genes do and what diseases genetic problems may cause.

Human genome reboot better reflects global population

An embryologist works on a petri dish at the Create Health fertility clinic in south London, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2013. Britain’s fertility regulator said the first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people have been born, in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases.

First babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people

The Indian Council of Medical Reserach (ICMR) in New Delhi. File

ICMR conducts successful trial run of blood bag delivery under iDrone initiative

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Symptomatic long COVID may be associated with self-perceived cognitive difficulties such as memory problems. Image for Representation.

Long COVID linked with self-perceived cognitive deficits: Study

Vape drip tips stand on a counter at a vape store, in Melbourne, Australia, May 2, 2023.

No, vapes aren’t 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Here’s how this decade-old myth took off

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This undated artist’s impression shows a doomed planet skimming the surface of its star, located about 15,000 light-years away from Earth, before being fully engulfed.

Science This Week | A star swallows a Jupiter-sized planet, scientists find a new molecular motor and more

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The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency but the coronavirus is here to stay

WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?

Many studies reported that even as our consumption of fats and carbohydrates increased, our consumption of protein did not.

Like hungry locusts, humans can easily be tricked into overeating