Health Sciences News Bad News for Anatomy Students: Possible New Organ Found in Human Throat How research for prostrate cancer lead to the accidental discovery of a previously overlooked entity 2020 was a roller coaster of emotions, jam packed with unexpected turns and twists. In fact, those days it seemed as though anything is possible – even the discovery of a new organ! It may be difficult to imagine there […] Written by Tooba Mir 2021-08-052021-08-03 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences Interviews ‘Vaccines Don’t Save Lives, Vaccination Does’: An Interview with Dr Faheem Younus Faheem Yonous talks about his career, COVID 19, the situation in Pakistan, as well as policy making and effective strategies. Written by Fatima Perwaiz Khan 2021-07-142021-07-14 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences Life Science Technology Switch off Alzheimer’s with Riboswitches Alzheimer's is a long standing medical problem. RNA Riboswitches can be used to treat the underlying cause behind Alzheimer's. Written by Saba Naseem Awan 2021-07-072021-07-08 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences COVID-19 Health Tech Evolution and Low-Resource Settings The healthcare industry is currently facing numerous challenges. The developing and underdeveloped countries are more vulnerable due to low resource settings, high population, and less health workforce in local hospitals. According to an estimate by the World Health Organization (WHO), 400 million people across the globe do not have access to basic healthcare facilities [1]. […] Written by Eesha Tur Razia Babar 2021-05-222021-05-22 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences News Faster Testing with a New Drug-Detecting Tool Unfortunately, recent media coverage has reported rising substance use among adults and teenagers. Tackling the problem of increased drug use is a problem for law enforcement officers as new drugs are being introduced in the market rapidly. For instance, Carfentanil, a drug that is a cousin to the compound Fentanyl, is 10,000 times stronger than […] Written by Aliza Khan 2020-01-282021-06-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences News Can Tuberculosis Finally be Controlled? Scientists have developed a vaccine, which is partially effective at preventing tuberculosis (TB) from progressing to an active disease. The new vaccine, called M72/AS01E, has been developed by pharmaceutical firms GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Aeras. The trial experiment included 3,300 adults from Kenya, South Africa and Zambia. All of them had latent tuberculosis -a silent infection […] Written by Syed Yasir Hussain Zaidi 2019-11-172021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences News Predicting Epileptic Seizures Epilepsy is entailed by unpredictability. There is no real way for patients to know when a seizure may occur. Molecular biologist Marion Hogg and her colleagues have managed to make a breakthrough in this field. They identified molecules whose levels in the bloodstream vary before and after the seizure occurs. This discovery could lead to […] Written by Farheen Fawad 2019-11-052021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Health Sciences News Technology Treating Psychiatric Illnesses with Implanted Mesh Electronics Usually, psychiatric illnesses and neurodegenerative diseases are treated with drugs or implanted electrodes. However, in the future we might be able to control these diseases by controlling the brain itself. With a research led by Shaun Patel and Professor Charles M. Lieber from Harvard University, their team was able to design mesh electronics that would […] Written by Aliza Khan 2019-10-232021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
