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bannercategory| 30-09-2020

Nasal spray treatment cuts SARS CoV-2 levels in nose and throat by 96%

A new nasal spray dubbed INNA-051 has shown to significantly mitigate SARS-CoV-2 virus levels in the nose and throat by up to 96% in an animal-based study, announced Australian biotech company Ena Respiratory.

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covid-19-sidebar| 28-09-2020

NMC overtakes medical education regulations from MCI

The Union health ministry has notified the National Medical Commission (NMC) as regulatory body of medical education and practice in India following the abolishing of Medical Council of India (MCI)

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News| 27-09-2020

Metformin treatment linked to slowed cognitive decline

Metformin, the first-line treatment for most cases of type 2 diabetes was found to be associated with slowing the cognitive decline, according to a recent observational study published in the journal Diabetes Care.

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covid-19-sidebar| 27-09-2020

National Medical Commission approves MD Laboratory Medicine

The National Medical Commission, formerly known as Medical Council of India, has given recognition to MD course in Laboratory Medicine by its inclusion in the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000.

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covid-19-sidebar| 26-09-2020

Wipro GE Healthcare, IISc jointly launches Healthcare Innovation Lab

Wipro GE Healthcare in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has launched an advanced center for innovation and research at the IISc campus in Bangalore.

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bannercategory| 25-09-2020

India’s COVID caseload crosses 58 lakh on Thursday; 1144 new deaths

India reported 85,919 fresh COVID-19 cases and 1,144 deaths on Thursday. With this, the COVID caseload in the country has crossed the 58 lakh mark to reach 5,816,103

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covid-19-sidebar| 24-09-2020

Glucocorticoids could worsen COVID-19 outcomes in arthritis patients

The outcomes of COVID-19 infection may be worse among patients with inflammatory arthritis receiving glucocorticoids, but not in those receiving anti-cytokine therapy, find researchers from the New York University School of Medicine.

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News| 21-09-2020

MCI mulls initiating standalone PG courses without pre-requisite MBBS program in private hospitals

The Board of Governors in supersession of the Medical Council of India (MCI BoG) has recently considered the proposal for starting standalone PG Courses in private hospitals without having pre-requisite of an MBBS program, in a major step to boost the private medical education sector to produce more specialists in the country.

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News| 21-09-2020

Enlarged perivascular spaces could indicate anticoagulant-related haemorrhage

Presence of enlarged perivascular spaces within the basal ganglia among patients taking oral anticoagulants may be a new risk factor for intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), according to a statistical analysis of the CROMIS-2 (AF) study.

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covid-19-sidebar| 21-09-2020

DCGI approves CRISPR-based COVID-19 testing in India

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has recently approved India’s first Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) coronavirus test known as ‘Feluda’, announced the Tata Sons.

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Uncategorized| 12-08-2020

Mumbai chases virus through

Taking a leaf from the successful containment of the COVID-19 pandemic in Dharavi, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation launched ‘Mission Zero’ on 22nd June 2020 in other areas of the city.

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Drug Approvals| 08-05-2019

Orphan drug status for saracatinib to treat IPF

The US FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for saracatinib, a potential new medicine for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
News| 08-07-2019

Nerve transfer offers hope for patients with spinal cord injury

Rerouting nerves to paralyzed sites in patients with spinal cord injury may provide significant functional improvement in the upper limb and hand function, reports a new study published in The Lancet. The study showed that nerve transfers could restore hand function and elbow extension in 13 young adults with traumatic spinal cord injury.

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