BR Medical Topics Corner

[Amber G.]

Infosys Prize2024 in Life Sciences is awarded to Prof. Siddhesh Kamat, IISER Pune.
...for his discoveries concerning bioactive lipids and their receptors, and their metabolic and signaling pathways.

[Amber G.]

From MIT: MIT researchers are developing tiny "wearable" devices for cells that could revolutionize brain health. These breakthroughs could help restore brain function and combat diseases like multiple scleros
Wearable” devices for cells

[Amber G.]

From MIT: MIT scientists may have unlocked potential new mechanisms in Alzheimer’s treatment. By studying fruit flies and human data, they’ve identified drug targets tied to DNA repair and RNA modification, moving beyond the usual suspects like amyloid plaques.
Scientists discover potential new targets for Alzheimer’s drugs

[Amber G.]

The first large language health model that predicts >1,000 diseases and the time they will occur in a person was just published Nature
Learning the natural history of human disease with generative transformers

This, along with other recent groundbreaking reports, represents the dawn of a new era of primary prevention in medicine

[Amber G.]

Backed by Zoho and Govt of India, Bengaluru start-up VoxelGrids builds first ‘Made In India’ MRI scanner, now installed at Chandrapur Cancer Care Foundation..

[Amber G.]

Scientists have found a way to regrow aging cartilage, raising hopes for arthritis treatments that could make joint replacements obsolete.

[Amber G.]

WHO’s declaration of India as a Trachoma-free nation, reflecting global recognition of the country’s sustained public health efforts and achievements.

[uddu]

https://x.com/i/status/1430172905263050760
@ARanganathan72
Happy to share exciting results from @dasgobardhan's and my lab, that the Ayurvedic herb component Luteolin when administered along with the anti-TB drug Isoniazid promotes anti-TB immunity, reduces the length of TB treatment, and prevents disease relapse.
https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens ... at.1009805

[Amber G.]

sharing: Injectable “satellite livers” could offer an alternative to liver transplantation

MIT engineers have developed “mini livers” that could be injected into the body and take over the functions of the failing liver. This would help patients who are on a waitlist for a liver transplant or those who aren’t healthy enough to tolerate surgery.