Mitochondria are dynamic. They constantly shift in size, number and location, traveling between many different parts of the cells to meet different demands. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In 1817, a British physician named James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, describing for the first time, cases…
A test tube labelled “Mpox virus positive” is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters Africa has secured less than 10% of the estimated USD 245 million it needs to fight a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, a senior official from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention…
Sumaya Hatungimana, 12, shows the marks on her hands after recovering from Mpox, outside her house in Kinama zone, in Bujumbura, Burundi, on August 28, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, August 29, 2024, it urges rapid access to diagnostic tests for mpox and is calling on manufacturers…
Plastic is in our clothes, cars, mobile phones, water bottles and food containers. But recent research adds to growing concerns about the impact of tiny plastic fragments on our health. A study from the United States has, for the first time, found microplastics in human brains. The study, which has yet to be independently verified by other…
SGLT-2 inhibitor drugs help patients manage diabetes by preventing kidneys from reabsorbing sugar that the body creates. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A common diabetes drug could prevent dementia, with longer treatment being related to more benefits, a study in Korea has suggested. The study that used data from…
A fever ward at a hospital in Hyderabad where patients with dengue have been admitted. Cases of viral fever have been spreading in the city for the past few days | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Patients who recovered from dengue are at a higher chance of developing long-term health complications, compared to those who had…
An mpox patient is injected with intravenous treatment at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on August 24, 2024 | Photo Credit: AFP The World Health Organization on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, said droplets were a minor route of transmission for mpox (formerly known as monkey pox)…
File photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: REUTERS India has developed its own home-grown RT-PCR testing kit for Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox). The IMDX Monkeypox Detection RT-PCR Assay, developed by healthcare services company Siemens Healthineers, has received manufacturing approval from the Central Protection Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). On August 14,…
Anand Kumar, managing director, Indian Immunologicals Limited, at the company’s facility in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hyderabad-headquartered vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL), in partnership with Griffith University, Australia has developed a needle-free intra-nasal booster vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, a press release from the company stated. The company said the live-attenuated booster has been…
That lunchtime staple, the humble ham sandwich, has come in for a bashing in the press recently. According to many reports, eating two slices of ham a day can increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. But what’s the science behind these headlines? The research offers a more complex picture. A new study from…
