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Suchitra Chari's Profile
M.S. M.Sc.
Suchitra has completed her M.S. in Pharmacology at Northeastern University, Boston in addition to B. Pharmacy and M.Sc Biological Sciences from BITS Pilani. She is currently pursuing the AMWA (American Medical Writer's Association) Essential Skills Certification course. She has around 12 years of view more..
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Short Bowel Syndrome
Short bowel syndrome is a rare disorder that occurs due to the physical or functional loss of a part of small intestine resulting in reduced ability of the body to absorb nutrients from food.
FDA Approves Drugs for Hepatitis C Infected Older Children
The US FDA has approved the use of sofosbuvir and sofusbuvir-ledipasvir combination for hepatitis C in children over 12 years of age.
Novel Therapy For Cardiomyopathy : Patient’s Own Thigh Muscle Cells
Transplant of autologous skeletal myoblast cell-sheet derived from patients’ thigh muscle could be a potential treatment for cardiomyopathy.
A Brand New Type of Insulin Producing Cells Identified
A new source of insulin producing cells, paving the way for a potential cure for type 1 diabetes, has been discovered by scientists at the University of California.
Peer Pressure
Peer pressure is the influence that a peer can have on an individual that makes him change his attitude and behavior to match that of the influencing peer.
