Medicines

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to three physician-scientists for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.The three scientists are William Kaelin, a cancer researcher at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts; Peter Ratcliffe, a physician-scientist at the University of Oxford, UK and the Francis Crick Institute in London; and Gregg Semenza, a geneticist at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland.The team also won the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in 2016.Close What exactly is their work that got Nobel Prize? related news Govt raises Rs 2.79 lakh cr through divestment in last 5 years 'No information' on raising Rs 1 lakh insured amount limit on bank deposits: DICGC Trump says China trade deal might have to wait for 2020 election Much like a fireplace, our cells use oxygen combining with carbon to release energy.Cells cannot store oxygen, so they require a constant … [Read more...] about Nobel Prize: How 2019’s winners are revolutionising medicine

Push notifications, social media networks, and CrossFit gyms are all challenging the most important, greatest of all American pastimes: Sitting on your butt and caring about absolutely nothing at all. We live in an era of unprecedented anxiety when nobody really needs more stuff. So let’s channel our inner Marie Kondo with this list of joy-inducing gifts that value comfort and experience for that special someone in your life (even if that special someone is really just little old you). And don’t worry—a few will get you off the couch without forcing you to lift a tractor tire. advertisement advertisement A baby swaddle for adults $110 from Hatch There’s no feeling quite like stuffing your whole self, from your shoulders to your knees, into an oversized sweatshirt or sweater. Now, there’s a way to do that without ruining your go-to comfort clothing. Called the Sleep Pod, it’s basically a big baby swaddle that wraps around your body and hugs … [Read more...] about No one needs another gadget. Try these low-tech, feel-good gifts instead

“I felt like, if you’re making a show about the past year–whether it’s about design or anything else–it really needs to take politics into account,” says Glenn Anderson. advertisement advertisement Anderson is the curator behind a fall exhibition at the Design Museum in London that will feature the shortlist for the Beazley Designs of the Year awards. The awards program, which is entering its 10th year, seeks out the best graphic design, architecture, and fashion in the world. But this year, the shortlist includes plenty of nontraditional design produced by resistance movements, protestors, and non-designers in response to the political events of the past year. Pussyhat Project, from four Los Angeles-based women: Krista Suh, Jayna Zweiman, Kat Coyle, and Aurora Lady. The neon pink knitted hats became a symbol of resistance against the newly elected Trump administration during the Women’s March in January of this year. … [Read more...] about 2017’s Most Powerful Protest Art Is Quickly Making Its Way Into Museums

Madam Speaker,  I rise to present the Budget for the year 2013-14.2. I recall my last tenure as Finance Minister and acknowledge with gratitude the splendid support that I received from all sections of the House as well as the people of India.  Today, more than ever, I seek the same support as we navigate the Indian economy through a crisis that has enveloped the whole world and spared none.3. I intend to keep my speech simple, straight forward and reasonably short.I.  THE ECONOMY AND THE CHALLENGES4. I shall begin by setting the context.  Global economic growth slowed from 3.9 percent in 2011 to 3.2 percent in 2012.  India is part of the global economy: our exports and imports amount to 43 percent of GDP and two-way external sector transactions have risen to 108 percent of GDP.We are not unaffected by what happens in the rest of the world and our economy too has slowed after 2010-11.  In the current year, the CSO has estimated growth at 5 … [Read more...] about Indian Budget 2013: Document of P Chidambaram’s Budget speech

Thousands of survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy -- known as the world's worst industrial disaster -- continue to face appalling lack of healthcare facilities, activists said on December 2. The statement came on the eve of the incident's 35th anniversary.The activists said the "neglect" of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC), set up especially for the survivors, was a testimony to the suffering undergone by them over the last 35 years.Leaking toxic gas from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, choked thousands of people to death and left several thousand others with severe health complications.Close Nawab Khan, president of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha, alleged that "For the last several years, Nephrology and Surgical Oncology departments of BMHRC are shut. Moreover, there are no specialists in Neurology, Pulmonary Medicine, Surgical Gastroenterology and Gastro … [Read more...] about 35 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: Survivors’ health neglected, say activists