Our muscles measure the time of day supriya kashyap kashyap5 Oct 2017 9:30 AM ISTBiological clocks are ticking everywhere throughout our body. They trigger the release of the hormone melatonin during sleep, favour the secretion of...
Chemists have created compounds that can treat glaucoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTGlaucoma is a serious disease associated with increased intraocular pressure which often leads to blindness. One of the ways to treat glaucoma is to...
How Helicobacter pylori causes gastric cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Nov 2017 7:15 PM ISTGastric cancer is one of the five most fatal types of cancer. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), about 750,000...
FDA approves treatment for rare genetic enzyme disorder Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Mepsevii (vestronidase alfa) to treat pediatric and adult patients with an inherited metabolic...
Good bacteria to treat Crohn's Disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Nov 2017 7:30 PM ISTPenn Medicine researchers have singled out a bacterial enzyme behind an imbalance in the gut microbiome linked to Crohn's disease. The new study,...
Why some meats may be causing cancer? Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Dec 2017 8:00 PM ISTAround two million years ago, a genetic change occurred that differentiated humans from most other primates that both protected humans from diseases,...
A single enzyme to switch off ability of Ebola virus to replicate Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 Dec 2017 7:25 PM ISTA single enzyme. That is all the researchers behind a new study need to manipulate to prevent the feared Ebola virus from spreading. Because with the...
How alcohol damages DNA and increases cancer risk Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 Jan 2018 7:15 PM ISTScientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases your risk of cancer, according to research...
Enzyme shown to regulate inflammation and metabolism in fat tissue Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Jan 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe human body has two primary kinds of fat -- white fat, which stores excess calories and is associated with obesity, and brown fat, which burns...
New antifungal provides hope in fight against superbugs Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Jan 2018 8:30 PM ISTMicroscopic yeast have been wreaking havoc in hospitals around the world -- creeping into catheters, ventilator tubes, and IV lines -- and causing...
Montelukast may be a potential drug treatment for Aortic aneurysm Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Feb 2018 7:30 PM ISTProfessor Jesper Z. Haeggström and associates at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have reported that Montelukast, a common asthma drug can retard the...
A new improved anti-addiction medication developed Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Feb 2018 7:10 PM ISTDrug addiction is a global problem which is continuously on the rise .There has been a constant attempt to develop more effective pharmaceutical...
