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A view of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has formalised a Memorandum of Agreement with Zydus Lifesciences Limited to initiate phase-2 clinical trials for the drug Desidustat in patients with sickle cell disease. “Desidustat was invented in…
This microscope photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows crescent-shaped red blood cells from a sickle cell disease patient. | Photo Credit: AP India is getting closer to developing a gene therapy for sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder with a high prevalence rate among the Scheduled Tribes, officials of…
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When five-year-old Suraj was debilitated with a persistent fever, his family took him to the district hospital in Nuapada in western Odisha. The hospital directed them to the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at Burla in Sambalpur, around 250 km from their village. At the Institute, Suraj underwent a diagnostic test…
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