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Wake Up Call: U.N Takes Stock to Curb Fake Medicines Racket

...k reality of Fake drugs, a silent killer , has its tentacles spreading world-wide and expected to sky rocket to the tune of $75 billion by 2010, making up almost 10% of the worldwide medicine trade according to the WHO, statistics. This will be a fatal blow to the sick, unwitting targets of a nefarious network...

Far East Provides A Path To Contain Bird Flu

As bird flu spreads its tentacles far and wide, it has become paramount for health officials to follow the example of Vietnam and Thailand in containing the virus. Vietnam was the worst hit with 93 human cases and 42 deaths,// but this tiny country has successfully contained the viru...

Two in One Cell Offers Hope to Find a Cure for Cancer

...ritic like messenger. The cell sprouts long, hairy tentacles called dendrites. It uses its "arms" to increase the amount of surface area it reaches to communicate and interact with other immune cells. Then, the cell dies and is replenished by the bone marrow. Researchers studied about these cells by fluoresc...

Octarms for robots for better grasping of objects

...ch resembles and works in a similar way as that of tentacles or an elephant trunk. // It is said that these tentacles can grasp and grapple a wide variety of objects. Initially the robots could not do this and rely on ...

Dengue Cases on the Rise in Rajasthan

...i Madhopur districts. With dengue spreading its tentacles in the state, the government has stepped up measures to control the disease. Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that has become an international public health concern. A senior official of the health department told IANS: "Doctors are asking p...

Dengue Claims Yet Another Victim in Delhi

...as where the mosquito-borne disease has spread its tentacles are Kerala (794), Rajasthan (456), Gujarat (441), West Bengal (405), Uttar Pradesh (349) Tamil Nadu (307), Punjab (250), Maharashtra (240), Haryana (100), Karnataka (90) and Andhra Pradesh (27). The spread of chikungunya virus was also alarming as ...

Chronic Kidney Disease Related To Mutant Gene

...d in podocytes–specialized cells with octopus-like tentacles surrounding the glomerulus. Podocytes are currently under intensive study, because scientists believe they play a vital role in the blood filtration process. Identifying genes and proteins that are active in podocytes will help scientists understa...

Increase of HIV Infections Among the Educated Class in South Africa

... to be a disease of the poor but it has spread its tentacles to people belonging to higher strata of society too. The reasons cited are – a total apathy to safe sex, inadequate information from Government agencies, affluent life style and lot of leisure time. An increase of 19.2 % was observed among people w...

Tuberculosis, A Challenge To The Political Will Of Governments, Says Veteran Crusader

...ientific term for the dreaded TB) is spreading its tentacles across the globe. Both its virulence and reach are of terrifying proportions. Tuberculosis is one of the world's leading infectious killers - second only to HIV/AIDS, admits the World Health Organisation (WHO). Each year about 1.6 million people d...

American Who Exposed Air Passengers to Drug Resistant TB Quarantined

...third world and the poor. But it is spreading its tentacles everywhere. US authorities fear that an American might have exposed fellow air passengers on two transatlantic flights this month to the potentially lethal disease. The man has since been quarantined. Now they authorities are looking for travelers ...

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