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Feeding channel created by malaria parasite - a new target for malaria treatments

...d precursors for DNA-to survive and grow. While it obtains some of these by digesting the red blood cell's hemoglobin, it must get the rest from outside the cell. The parasite creates tiny channels in the red blood cell membrane, through which it can absorb nutrients. In fact, each infected red blood cell ha...

PET Scanner detects more Vaginal cancer than CT scans

...ifferent methods of detecting tumours. The CT scan obtains cross-sectional views of the body by detecting the amount of X-rays that pass through the body's tissues. CT scans can miss small tumors, whereas PET scans detect radioactivity that emanates directly from a tumor after a patient has received a dose ...

A Wristwatch For Detecting Malaria

...erson. Gervan Lubbe has developed the watch which obtains blood samples with a microscopic needle that automatically penetrates the skin twice during the day and twice at night. An alarm sounds if the parasite count is above 50, before the first symptoms appear. According to Lubbe, at that point an anti...

High Court Stops Functioning of Ayurvedic, Unani Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

...g for admissions. As soon as the state government obtains recognition for these colleges, the interim orders shall stand discharged, the court added. The court observed that altogether 10 colleges in the state were providing degrees in Indian medicine (8 in Ayurveda and two in Unani). These colleges, affi...

Drug Advertising needs to be Limited

... unspecified waiting period after a drug or device obtains regulatory approval before direct-to-consumer advertising is launched on television, in print, or elsewhere. Although the doctors' groups have considered a years-long moratorium, they decided to let the FDA set the time span, depending on whether t...

FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Drug to Treat Rare Blood Disorder

... exclusive marketing to the first manufacturer who obtains marketing approval for a designated orphan product. About one person out of a million people will be diagnosed with PNH. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

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