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Rare Epilepsy Breakthrough: Why This New Treatment Is Reducing Seizure Frequency In Children By 91%
An international clinical trial has achieved a new effective treatment option for rare epilepsy that can reduce seizures by 91% in children. Here is what this breakthrough means for the children suffering from Dravet Syndrome.
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FDA Push For Fake Brain Surgery Trial Spurs Ethical Concerns
The FDA's request, intended to conclusively determine the therapy's potency, has raised concerns the trial would be both unethical and impractical.
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Budget 2026: Middle Class Set To Gain From Affordable Healthcare, Says Dr Jitendra Singh
Affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics, supported by domestic biomanufacturing, would be a major social and economic support, especially for the middle class and vulnerable sections, said Union Minister of State.
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Top Scientific Discoveries Of 2025: A Year of Quantum Leaps And Cosmic Revelations
Here's a look at scientific discoveries and breakthroughs that made headlines in 2025, spanning space, biology, ecology, and fundamental physics.
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India Launches 1st Indigenous, Low-Cost Gene Therapy For Sickle Cell Disease
The world-class, low-cost gene editing solution named "BIRSA 101", in honour of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, remembered as a great tribal freedom fighter.
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New Research On Gene Editing Therapy May Cut Cholesterol, Triglycerides By Half
Melbourne, Nov 10 (IANS) Researchers in Australia have led a first-in-human trial for a breakthrough gene-editing therapy that halves bad cholesterol and triglycerides in people with difficult-to-treat lipid disorders.
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Scientists Restore Ancient Gene To Help Treat Gout And Uric Acid Disorders
Scientists at Georgia State University have revived a 20-million-year-old gene called uricase, which may offer new hope in treating gout and related uric acid disorders by helping the body break down excess uric acid naturally.
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US Drug Regulator's Ousted Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Is Returning To Agency
A Food and Drug Administration official is getting his job back as the agency's top vaccine regulator, less than two weeks after he was pressured to step down at the urging of biotech executives, patient groups and conservative allies of Trump.
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CRISPR Explained: How Gene Editing Is Reshaping Medicine
CRISPR is revolutionizing medicine by enabling precise DNA edits, treating genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia, and pioneering in vivo editing and personalized therapies.
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US Infant With Rare Disease First To Get Personalised Gene Therapy Treatment
A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalized gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday.
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Rare Epilepsy Breakthrough: Why This New Treatment Is Reducing Seizure Frequency In Children By 91%
An international clinical trial has achieved a new effective treatment option for rare epilepsy that can reduce seizures by 91% in children. Here is what this breakthrough means for the children suffering from Dravet Syndrome.
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FDA Push For Fake Brain Surgery Trial Spurs Ethical Concerns
The FDA's request, intended to conclusively determine the therapy's potency, has raised concerns the trial would be both unethical and impractical.
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Budget 2026: Middle Class Set To Gain From Affordable Healthcare, Says Dr Jitendra Singh
Affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics, supported by domestic biomanufacturing, would be a major social and economic support, especially for the middle class and vulnerable sections, said Union Minister of State.
-
Top Scientific Discoveries Of 2025: A Year of Quantum Leaps And Cosmic Revelations
Here's a look at scientific discoveries and breakthroughs that made headlines in 2025, spanning space, biology, ecology, and fundamental physics.
-
India Launches 1st Indigenous, Low-Cost Gene Therapy For Sickle Cell Disease
The world-class, low-cost gene editing solution named "BIRSA 101", in honour of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, remembered as a great tribal freedom fighter.
-
New Research On Gene Editing Therapy May Cut Cholesterol, Triglycerides By Half
Melbourne, Nov 10 (IANS) Researchers in Australia have led a first-in-human trial for a breakthrough gene-editing therapy that halves bad cholesterol and triglycerides in people with difficult-to-treat lipid disorders.
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Scientists Restore Ancient Gene To Help Treat Gout And Uric Acid Disorders
Scientists at Georgia State University have revived a 20-million-year-old gene called uricase, which may offer new hope in treating gout and related uric acid disorders by helping the body break down excess uric acid naturally.
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US Drug Regulator's Ousted Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Is Returning To Agency
A Food and Drug Administration official is getting his job back as the agency's top vaccine regulator, less than two weeks after he was pressured to step down at the urging of biotech executives, patient groups and conservative allies of Trump.
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CRISPR Explained: How Gene Editing Is Reshaping Medicine
CRISPR is revolutionizing medicine by enabling precise DNA edits, treating genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia, and pioneering in vivo editing and personalized therapies.
-
US Infant With Rare Disease First To Get Personalised Gene Therapy Treatment
A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalized gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday.
