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Household nutritional support can avert 0.36 million TB deaths

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Household nutritional support can avert 0.36 million TB deaths

That targeted nutritional support to TB patients and household contacts can improve TB treatment outcomes, reduce the number of new cases and deaths is now well known, particularly after the RATIONS trial carried out in between August 2019 and August 2022 in four districts of Jharkhand among 2,800 pulmonary TB patients and 10,345 household contacts. The trial…

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How to achieve universal health coverage across India

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How to achieve universal health coverage across India

Several ophthalmology institutions in South India connect village and town eyecare workers with research centres in hospitals In the book Mission Possible by Swami Subramanian and Aparajithan Srivathsan (Notion Press, Chennai), they suggest ways to pave the road to Universal Health Coverage. It is a positive book that suggests paving the way to universal health coverage, with…

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Cotransplanting kidney, heart prevents heart transplant rejection

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Cotransplanting kidney, heart prevents heart transplant rejection

Scientists have validated a unique protocol that can extend the survival of heart transplants in nonhuman primates without the need for immune suppression. Their studies build on previous preclinical work showing that cotransplanting hearts along with kidneys and bone marrow can prevent heart transplant rejection, addressing a longstanding obstacle in the field. Organ rejection remains…

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ISRO’s 100th launch from Sriharikota scheduled for January-end

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ISRO’s 100th launch from Sriharikota scheduled for January-end

A satellite launch vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: File photo Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for the 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, which is scheduled to take place at the end of January with the launch…

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The Science Quiz | The psychology of colours

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The Science Quiz | The psychology of colours

Bhopal: People take part in ‘Rangpanchami Ger’ celebrations, in Bhopal, Saturday, March 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Questions: 1. In a person with X, stimulating one sensory pathway, like smelling petrol, evokes a response from a different pathway, like seeing a blue square. For example, people with chromesthesia, a form of X, see colours…

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Fact-check: IIT Madras director V. Kamakoti’s comments on cow urine

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Fact-check: IIT Madras director V. Kamakoti’s comments on cow urine

The story so far: On January 15, IIT-Madras director V. Kamakoti said peer-reviewed journals had substantiated the medicinal properties of cow urine. He was speaking at a goshala in West Mambalam in Chennai, on the occasion of ‘Mattu Pongal’, a festive occasion dedicated to cattle. In a media interaction five days later, Dr. Kamakoti listed…

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IIT Madras researchers on a mission to develop technologies for space exploration

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IIT Madras researchers on a mission to develop technologies for space exploration

The microgravity tower at IIT Madras, the fourth largest operational facility in the world, installed on the campus in 2017 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement   ExTeM, or Extraterrestrial Manufacturing, a centre at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras), found mention in the Prime Minister’s Maan Ki Baat recently. The PM said the…

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Space telescopes stumble on rule-breaking black hole in early universe

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Space telescopes stumble on rule-breaking black hole in early universe

An international team of researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Chandra X-ray observatory has discovered a bizarre black hole that may provide insights into the genesis and growth of supermassive black holes. Supermassive black holes are among the most common types of black holes in the universe. Most galaxies contain a…

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ISRO dispatches crew module for first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan

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ISRO dispatches crew module for first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan

The model of the Gaganyaan crew module, a spacecraft that will carry a crew of three astronauts into orbit and back to Earth displayed at HAL stall. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of ISRO has dispatched the Crew Module for the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan (G1) after successfully completing…

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