Ferroptosis : Recent Study A recent study by researchers has identified ferroptosis, an unusual form of cell death, as a significant contributor to lung damage in COVID-19 patients. Ferroptosis occurs when the outer fat layers of cells collapse, leading to cell death. This differs from the more common type of cell death, where cells break […]
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First-Ever Patient Safety Rights Charter : WHO
First-Ever Patient Safety Rights Charter : WHO World Health Organization (WHO) launched the first-ever Patient Safety Rights Charter at the Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. Assuring patient safety in health care is a critical component in delivering the right to health. Patient safety can be compromised due to avoidable errors such as unsafe surgical […]
1st Human Case Of ‘Bird Flu’ Reported In Australia
1st Human Case Of ‘Bird Flu’ Reported In Australia: A child who came back to Victoria from India in March was the first person in Australia to get the H5N1 bird flu. The child had a serious sickness, but now fully better. Victoria’s chief health officer confirmed that there have been no more cases tied […]
X-Chromosome : Recent Study
X-Chromosome : Recent Study Scientists have found a molecular link between altered X-chromosome inactivation and autoimmune diseases. X-Chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other is the Y chromosome). There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body. This includes 22 pairs of autosomal or somatic chromosomes that are common […]
Indian Council Of Medical Research : Distanced Itself From The BHU Researchers
Indian Council Of Medical Research : Distanced Itself From The BHU Researchers The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has distanced itself from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) researchers for “incorrectly” associating it with an observational study on the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex […]
Tokyo Atacama Observatory : Inaugrated
Tokyo Atacama Observatory : Inaugrated The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) has recently been inaugurated. It is now the highest astronomical observatory (altitude of 18,500 feet) in the world, even surpassing the famous Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), which stands at 16,570 feet. The TAO telescope, measuring 6.5 metres in optical-infrared capacity, is perched […]
Blood Scandal : UK
Blood Scandal : UK The independent investigation into the contaminated blood scandal in the UK is set to release its findings in May 2024. People in the National Health Service (NHS) say that this incident is one of the worst cases of bad care in their history. The British government plans to give more than […]
Lunar Polar Exploration Mission : Scheduled Flight In Few Years
Lunar Polar Exploration Mission : Scheduled Flight In Few Years The India-Japan partnership for their joint moon mission, Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX), is likely to take flight in a few years, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said in an interview recently. Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX) is a collaborative endeavor between Indian Space […]
Project Astra
Project Astra: Google at the company’s annual developer conference, presented an early version of Project Astra. Project Astra is a new multimodal AI agent developed by Google. It is capable of answering real-time questions fed to it through text, video, images and speech by pulling up the relevant information. It can see the world, remember […]
Bacterial Pathogens Priority List : World Health Organization List
Bacterial Pathogens Priority List : World Health Organization List The World Health Organization (WHO) released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024. Bacterial Pathogens Priority List is an important tool in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance. In 2017, WHO developed the first BPPL to guide investment into the R&D of new antibacterials and […]
