Why hereditary diseases are so hard to get rid of supriya kashyap kashyap5 Sept 2016 3:16 PM ISTSome high-risk gene variants, such as those for Alzheimer's disease or cancer, can persist in the population for a long time without disappearing and...
New therapy for Alzheimers and Parkinsons in the offing supriya kashyap kashyap27 Dec 2016 12:33 PM ISTLondon : Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease which causes neuro-degeneration, an advance that may help develop new therapies for other...
Updated cystic fibrosis diagnosis guidelines can help in diagnosis, personalized treatment supriya kashyap kashyap5 Feb 2017 10:44 AM ISTThe updated cystic fibrosis diagnosis consensus guidelines now recommend using CFTR2 as an aid to determine whether a patient has the genetic evidence...
Researchers develop potential treatment for fatal kidney disease supriya kashyap kashyap19 Feb 2017 10:39 AM ISTResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with a California biotech firm, have developed a potential drug to treat polycystic kidney...
Cystic fibrosis patients surviving longer in Canada than US savita thakur thakur17 March 2017 4:02 PM ISTWASHINGTON - Canadians with cystic fibrosis survive about 10 years longer than Americans with the same genetic disease, according to startling new...
Milestone: Manipal doctors discover new genetic disease supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2017 2:21 PM ISTManipal : The department of medical genetics at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal led by Dr. Girish Katta has discovered a new genetic disease called...
Metformin may improve a autism associated disorder, shows study supriya kashyap kashyap17 May 2017 1:21 PM ISTMetformin, the most widely used drug to treat type 2 diabetes, could potentially be used to treat symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, an inherited form of...
Apollo Doctors successfully perform liver transplant on 8 month-old IVF baby savita thakur thakur14 Aug 2017 1:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an 11-hour-long surgery, an eight month-old severely malnourished IVF baby, underwent a liver Transplant at a city hospital. The baby...
Now, Multicolor MRIs for diagnosis of diseases supriya kashyap kashyap17 Aug 2017 2:40 PM ISTResearchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a method that could make magnetic resonance imaging MRI multicolor....
Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Misdiagnosed as Acute Appendicitis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTA ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is a serious life-threatening condition, which is usually prevalent in old age group. Unusual presentation in a...
Indian doctors discover new genes that result in childhood glaucoma Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli8 Oct 2018 7:15 PM ISTScientists at L V Prasad Eye Institute Hyderabad have been able to discover new genes that result in childhood glaucoma.Dr Subhabrata Chakrabarti at...
Successful bilateral hip transplant in ankylosing spondylitis patient by Apollo doctors Hina Zahid9 Jan 2019 6:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Apollo hospital doctors have performed bilateral hip transplant successfully in a patient of Ankylosing Spondylitis and made him walk...
