To cure type-1 diabetes, researchers have found a technique of transplanting insulin-producing pancreatic cells.
In diabetic patients, pancreatic beta cells are destroyed, which damages the body’s immune system. Heart disease, blindness, kidney disease and premature death can also occur because of Type 1 diabetes. It can also appear during childhood or adolescence.
Cell transplantation therapy is limited. In this case, the recipients require powerful immunosuppressant medications which often raise the risk of infection and toxic side effects.
Mumbai Police had arrested many revellers for taking drugs at the Juhu pub two months ago on October 5, 2008. 92% of them have been found positive during the drug tests. The state forensic science laboratory reported that many girls tested positive for Ecstasy or MDMA.
US scientists have discovered a gene that can identify the risk of heart attack among people under the age of 40 who develop the coronary artery disease (CAD).
Researchers claim that the new gene would prevent thousands of heart attacks as it predicts the increased risk of heart attack in advance.
Researchers from the Duke University Medical School in North Carolina said that they have found a variation in a particular gene which increases the susceptibility to early coronary artery disease.
To provide the better health treatment in India, an organization, known as ‘AAPI’ (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) is planning to open at least one free clinic in each state of India.
This organization has more than 46,000 physicians of Indian origin who are now living in the US. They will train the rural medical professionals for early diagnosing and treating many fatal diseases.
With a noble cause in mind, Nokia India has announced its “recycling campaign” for the Indian region. Under this program, the mobile phone users would be encouraged to dump their used handsets and accessories, no matter what brand they are, at any of the 1,300 green recycling bins put up across Nokia priority dealers and Nokia care centers. The basic aim of this effort is to actually spread awareness among the users regarding the recycling of e-waste.
With the aim to garner a subscriber base of 9 million within two years BSNL is all set to invest Rs 1,600 crore on technologies like WiMAX and optical fibre network.
Company CMD, Kuldeep Goyal said, “We are working on a target to have around nine million broadband connections in the next two years.” He further added, “While the combined market share of BSNL and MTNL could be 50 per cent in two years, on our own we should be having around 9 million broadband connections.”