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Indigenously developed HPV test kits for cervical cancer screening launched in Delhi

Besides the high incidence of cervical cancer owing to its late diagnosis and with consequent poor survival, 25 per cent of global mortality due to cervical cancer occurs in India, said former head of

Indian Research Institutions and Oxford Nanopore collaborate to establish Genomic CoE

Institutes under the Department of BioTechnology (DBT) sign Letters of Intent with Oxford Nanopore to establish next-generation Genomic CoE and new suite of R&D collaborations, including in rare

Global study on Covid vaccine safety falls victim to Trump cuts

Groundbreaking project has produced some of the world’s most comprehensive studies on vaccine efficacy and safetyThe largest ever global study into the safety of Covid-19 vaccines has been terminate

Daily peanut exposure can desensitise allergic adults, study suggests

First clinical trial of its kind could be ‘life changing’ for those living in fear of severe peanut reaction Adults with severe peanut allergies can be desensitised by daily exposure, according t

NHS ‘routinely failing’ deaf patients in England, report finds

RNID survey finds half of sign language users did not understand diagnoses – some terminal – or how their treatment workedDeaf patients face systemic discrimination when it comes to learning about

NHS staff fatigue poses ‘significant’ threat to patient safety, watchdog warns

Investigation body also says medics are dying in car accidents while driving home after long shiftsNHS staff are so tired they are dying in car crashes and posing a major threat to patients, the servi

STAT+: NIH chief voices support for Nora Volkow, head of drug addiction research institute

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya signals that at least one institute director, Nora Volkow at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, has his support.

STAT+: New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias

Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias.

Tumor-Infiltrating Clonal Hematopoiesis Increased Risk of Poor Outcomes in Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- Tumor-infiltrating clonal hematopoiesis (TI-CH) increased the risk of disease recurrence or death among patients with early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and the risk of deat

Young-Onset Dementia Risk Rises With Metabolic Syndrome

(MedPage Today) -- The risk of young-onset dementia -- dementia before age 65 -- was higher in people with metabolic syndrome, a nationwide population-based study in Korea showed.

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