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DATRI and Christ College to raise awareness of blood diseases in Pune

October 8, 2019 By Kerean Watts 2 Comments

Red blood cells flowing through the blood vessel. Image credit: pedrosek / 123rf

Christ College in Pune and online blood stem cell donor database DATRI will collaborate to raise awareness of blood disorders such as blood cancers and thalassemia which require blood stem cell transplants.  “There are large [numbers] of patients suffering from blood cancer and thalassemia major among others for which the last resort is blood stem […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: blood, Health data, Maharashtra, stem cells, Thalassemia

Indian stem cell research into Alzheimer’s disease

March 10, 2019 By Nicholas Parry Leave a Comment

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Recent research conducted in India on stem cell models may unveil more of the mechanisms behind familial Alzheimer’s disease. Critically, the Indian laboratory’s approach to researching the disease may make future investigations easier. Estimates place the number of patients with dementia in India at around four million. Worldwide numbers of dementia cases are estimated to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Science and Technology Tagged With: stem cells

The Indian doctor struck off by a UK high court

March 7, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

A British high court has upheld a decision made last year to bar an Indian doctor from practising in the UK for alleged medical malpractice while he was working in Mumbai. Dr Pantula Sastry was held to account by the London High Court for his role in the death of a lymphoma sufferer in July […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, International, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: cancer, doctors, law, Maharashtra, medical negligence, Mumbai, noncommunicable diseases, stem cells, world

Regenerative medicine, the future of healthcare?

January 31, 2017 By Nicholas Parry Leave a Comment

Non-transmissible disease has become a priority concern in India, as figures indicate higher death tolls amongst diseases such as kidney and heart failure than infectious diseases such as HIV. A potential avenue of suggested research is regenerative medicine. Some suggest that deaths through non-communicable disease will comprise three quarters of all deaths in India by […]

Filed Under: Featured, International, Medicine and Research, National, Science and Technology Tagged With: stem cells

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