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A postgraduate in Bio-informatics with long teaching experience, works for news section, writes and edits articles for Medindia.
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World Cerebral Palsy Day 2016
World Cerebral Palsy (CP) Day is held on the first Wednesday each October to raise awareness of CP and the issues that affect people with CP.
Urinary Incontinence In Women - Study Compares Effectiveness of Botox A and Sacral Neuromodulation Treatments
New study compares efficacy of onabotulinum toxin A versus sacral neuromodulation treatments for urinary incontinence in women.
Universal Flu Vaccine May Soon Be a Reality, Say Scientists
Researchers may be closer to creating a universal influenza (flu) vaccine that needs to be given only once, and could prevent flu pandemics in the future.
Nobel Prize 2016 in Medicine Goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi for Work on Autophagy
Japanese microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the 2016 Nobel prize for Medicine or Physiology for his path breaking work on autophagy or self-eating.
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Aided by Uracil DNA Glycosylase (UNG)
Uracil DNA glycosylase protects B cell DNA which allows the proliferation of activated B cells, highlighting a new target for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
