Scrub typhus: combination therapy can save more lives
Mortality rate was same in the combination therapy arm and two monotherapy arms, but there was faster resolution of complications in the combination therapy group
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Day: May 1, 2025
Studies in mice reveal neural mechanism of fear conditioning
The capacity to sense the feelings of others is not unique to humans, and the biological mechanisms are shared with other mammals
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WHO has not abandoned COVID-19 origin investigation
Two years after the WHO’s visit to China to investigate the origin of COVID-19, the WHO has “abandoned” the second phase of the investigation
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Climate change will increase hydropower generation in India
There is a greater likelihood of increased hydropower generation but the risk arises from very high inflow due to extreme
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Breast cancer: more insights into how hormonal therapy works
Work carried out by researchers from the Integrated Cancer Genomics Laboratory at the Advanced Centre for Training, Research, and Education in Cancer
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Why India has not witnessed any surge in COVID-19 cases for months
Daily COVID-19 cases in India are low despite the newer Omicron subvariants, recombinants possessing greater immune escape and transmissibility The
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Is Omicron variant XBB.1.5’s superior binding causing higher transmissibility?
XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible variant that has been detected yet, and it has already spread to over 29 countries so far
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Sooner or later, India has to develop Omicron-based boosters
Vaccines based on Omicron variants are better than the ones based on the ancestral strain, but the older vaccines are still effective
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Scaling up the pace of COVID-19 genome sequencing
Three years after strict enforcement of its Zero-COVID strategy, China abandoned it abruptly, leading to a jump in cases each
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Diabetes remission through intermittent calorie-restricted diet
At 12 months of follow-up, remission after discontinuing anti-diabetic drugs for at least three months was seen in 44% of the participants
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Genes responsible for long lifespan of banyan, peepal trees identified
Seventeen genes in banyan and 19 genes in peepal with multiple signs of adaptive evolutionplayed a pivotal role in long-time survival of the trees
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Is anaemia seen in three in 10 rural men due to iron deficiency?
Prevalence of anaemia among men in rural areas was lowest in the southern States (18.5%) and highest in the eastern region (34.1%)
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More vaccine choices: On Bharat Biotech’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine
Nearly three months after Bharat Biotech’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine was granted emergency use approval for primary vaccination of adults, the vaccine has now
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