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2019 World Liver Day (WLD) observed on April 19

The World Liver Day (WLD) is observed every year on 19th of April to build awareness and understanding how important liver is for our body. The liver is a complex and one of the biggest organs in the body and ..

Israel researchers prints world’s first 3D heart by using a patient’s biological material

The researchers at Tel Aviv University have successfully “printed” the world’s first three dimensional (3D) vascularised engineered heart using a patient’s own cells and biological materials to completely match the immunological, cellular, biochemical, and anatomical properties of the patient. Their ..

IIT Roorkee finds new method to detect breast and ovarian cancer

Researchers at the IIT Roorkee have identified a new method to detect two of the worst forms of cancer in women – breast and ovarian cancer. The research published in the journal, ‘FASEB Bioadvances’ details the use of whole saliva ..

First healthy baby born with 3 parent in Greece

A three-person baby has been born using genetic material from two women and a man in Greece. The medical technique was used to overcome the 32 year old mother’s infertility. A technique called maternal spindle transfer was used by medical ..

Doctors discover 4 live bees inside woman’s eye

Doctors in Taiwan have discovered four bees living under her eyelids, feasting on tears of a young 29 year old Taiwanese woman named He, who complained of a swollen eye. She expected to be treated for a simple infection. The ..

Researchers created world’s first gene-edited Lizard

Researchers from the University of Georgia have successfully targeted the pigmentation genes of Anolis sagrei lizards to create four nearly transparent albino offspring. The lizards have been genetically modified using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool. Researchers were able to microinject ..

Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner, South African-born biologist passes away

Sydney Brenner (92), a South African-born biologist, has passed away in Singapore on April 5, 2019. He helped decipher the genetic code and his research on a roundworm sparked a new field of human disease research. Brenner shared the Nobel ..

Mystery fungal infection all over the world

An elderly man was admitted in the Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery. A blood test revealed that he was infected by a deadly abnormal fungus called the Candida auris.  It preys on people and is silently spreading across the ..