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Antibodies Could Soon Help Slow the Aging Process

Wired

Normally, antibodies are protective proteins produced by our immune systems to fight bacteria or viruses. Their strength comes from their specificity—when you get ill, B cells in your immune system undergo an exquisitely precise process of accelerated evolution, rapidly optimizing antibodies that bind precisely to whatever is making you unwell, without sticking to any of your body’s own cells. In …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Brain inflammation may be the reason behind muscle fatigue after infection and injury

Raw Story

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. Neuroinflammation and muscle fatigue Neuroinflammation results when your central nervous system – the brain and spine – activates its own immune system to protect itself against infection, toxins, neurodegeneration and traumatic injury. Conversations between brain …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Man with rare antibody saving unborn children becomes blood donor royalty

ABC

Arthur Croft's regular blood donations have helped save the lives of thousands of women and children across New South Wales. Jemma Falkenmire from the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood said RH disease was "awful" before the antibody was discovered. "It's pretty much eradicated thanks to only around 170 Australians, including Arthur whose blood is making this antibody," she said. "If you're …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Is pumped milk as nutritious as direct breastfeeding for your baby?

India Today

Times have certainly evolved when it comes to raising children. Direct breastfeeding makes it easier for the milk to adapt to the baby's needs, as several hormones are released during the process and this helps enhance the milk's nutrients and immune properties in real time. Bottled breast milk, or pumped milk, retains all the important nutrients, fats, and immune factors …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Split your protein intake throughout the day

New Indian Express

How much protein one needs to build muscle depends on the body weight, intensity of the physical activity, and age. Eating too much proteins may be counterproductive, says Divya K Purushotham, nutritionist, director & founder of KPD Wellness LLP and Keizen Nutrition Clinic, Hyderabad, in an interview with Sinduja Jane. Proteins are vital nutrients that build and repair muscle tissues, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Myeloma Explained — Insights Into The Disease And Its Treatment

ABP News

By Dr Nitin Agarwal Multiple Myeloma is a type of blood cancer that develops in plasma cells — white blood cells responsible for producing antibodies to fight infections. Although myeloma is treatable, it is generally not curable, and advanced therapies like blood stem cell transplantation can provide patients with extended survival and improved quality of life. While initial treatments for …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Are vaccines necessary if you breastfeed? Here’s what breastfeeding mothers need to know

Hindustan Times

Breastfeeding is often touted as one of the best ways to nourish your newborn, but it goes beyond just providing essential nutrients. Breast milk plays a vital role in jumpstarting and developing your baby's immune system, protecting against various infections and diseases. These components include: Antibodies: One of the most significant elements of breast milk is antibodies, particularly Immunoglobulin A. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rachel's hair was falling out, her joints were swollen, she had mouth ulcers and she was exhausted. Doctors dismissed her for years... and then she discovered the surprising cause

Daily Mail

Sitting in A&E aged just 19 and in her second year of university with agonising, swollen ankles - the latest in a long line of unexplained health complaints - it dawned on Rachel Hall how unwell she was. 'It can be very difficult to live with,' says Professor Christopher Edwards, a consultant rheumatologist at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Miranda Hart, Lyme disease and the doctors that don’t think it exists

The Independent

In a candid interview this week, Miranda Hart described a particular type of loneliness. open image in gallery Hart in her mega-hit BBC sitcom ‘Miranda' Over the years she’s also divulged her issues with depression and “acute anxiety”, wherein she’s found herself “wading through treacle”. One paper found that around 5 per cent of patients experience long-lasting fatigue, pain and …

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3 months ago

Suspected Mpox Infection Reported from Malappuram in Kerala, Samples Sent for Testing

News 18

A suspected case of monkeypox infection has been reported from Malappuram district of Kerala after a man who recently returned from abroad showed symptoms of the disease. A new case of monkeypox was reported last week from the national capital after a 26-year-old resident of Haryana’s Hisar tested positive for the virus and was admitted to Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital. …

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3 months, 1 week ago

CDC says mpox vaccine boosters aren’t needed in the US as questions emerge around waning immunity

CNN

CNN — As a deadly mpox outbreak continues to spread in Africa and other parts of the world, questions are emerging about whether some vulnerable people in the United States may need booster doses of the mpox vaccine. “I’ve literally had people call me and say, ‘Should I get a booster, because it’s been two years?’ and my suggestion right …

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4 months ago

Snakebite continues to be a deadly problem in India

The Hindu

“Around 58,000 people are estimated to be dying of snakebite in India, and probably three times that number suffer snake bite morbidity,” says Kartik Sunagar, an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, who heads the Evolutionary Venomics Lab at the Centre for Ecological Sciences. “It is not the politicians and popular sports persons that are getting bitten …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Is there an Mpox vaccine, and how does it work? All you need to know

Hindustan Times

Have vaccines for Mpox been developed? Vaccines to protect against an Mpox infection do exist, but currently no available vaccines specifically target the monkeypox virus. Cross-reactivity between antibodies to Orthopoxvirus allows a vaccine developed to fight smallpox, for example, to also work with Mpox infections. Previous studies have suggested that the smallpox vaccine is about 85% effective in preventing monkeypox …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fruit bats suspected source of Nipah in 14-year-old from Kerala

New Indian Express

MALAPPURAM: The test results from the National Institute of Virology and the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases point out that fruit bats could likely be the source of Nipah infection in the 14-year-old boy who died of the disease in Pandikkad, Malappuram. Following the confirmation of Nipah infection in Pandikkad, a team of experts from the State Institute …

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5 months ago

Why the inability to identify the Nipah virus sources is a concern in Kerala

Hindustan Times

Kerala is on high alert after a 14-year-old boy in the Malappuram district was diagnosed with Nipah virus infection on Sunday. While initiating preventive protocols and steps to contain the virus in the reported area itself, health department officials are said to have zeroed in on a potential cause for the re-emergence of the Nipah virus. Some local doctors cite …

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5 months ago

Kerala: 14-year-old dies of Nipah virus in Kozhikode

Hindustan Times

A 14-year-old boy, who was being treated for the Nipah virus, in Kerala's Kozhikode died on Sunday, PTI reported, citing the state government. Health workers shifted people who have been in contact with a person infected with the Nipah virus to an isolation centre at a government hospital in Kozhikode in September 2023. Kerala health minister Veena George said the …

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5 months ago

Nipah outbreak in Kerala? All you need to know as govt confirms infection in 14-year-old boy

Live Mint

Kerala remains braced for a Nipah outbreak after a 14-year-old boy tested positive in Malappuram district. The southern state has seen numerous Nipah outbreaks in recent years — including an outbreak in August 2023 that claimed two lives and affected four other people. India had procured monoclonal antibodies from Australia last year in the midst of another Nipah outbreak. The …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka: Doctors warn not to ignore fever, even if dengue tests negative

New Indian Express

BENGALURU: With rising dengue cases, doctors in the city have warned the public not to neglect fever and other symptoms, even if the dengue test comes negative. In addition to dengue, doctors have also noted a surge in infections like chikungunya, water-borne illnesses like Hepatitis A, and respiratory illnesses like RSV, H1N1, and seasonal influenza, all of which exhibit dengue-like …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

11-year-old succumbs to dengue in Bengaluru

The Hindu

An 11-year-old boy, Gagan, is suspected to have succumbed to dengue virus in a private hospital in Bengaluru on July 5. If confirmed, this could be the second dengue death reported in Bengaluru after cases began to surge. Speaking to reporters on July 6, Tushar Giri Nath, Chief Civic Commissioner, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, said, “In these cases, we get …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Endemic dengue may have helped stem severity of early COVID wave in India: study

The Hindu

Can the dengue virus beat the coronavirus and is it why the early wave of the pandemic in 2020 resulted in fewer COVID deaths or severe infections compared to Europe or North America where dengue is not endemic? “In this paper, we provided several pieces of experimentally obtained evidence that pre-existing dengue immunity might have played some protective role in …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

What IS the mysterious illness affecting Celine Dion, as the singer bravely releases film of an agonizing attack... and who is at risk?

Daily Mail

Canadian singer Céline Dion has been hailed for bravely sharing harrowing footage of what it is like to live with stiff person syndrome. Céline Dion first revealed that she was suffering with the one-in-a-million condition stiff person syndrome in December 2022. Jerking stiff person syndrome: The rarest, most aggressive form, which includes symptoms from both the others, and also affects …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Four new studies report progress towards long-awaited HIV vaccine

The Hindu

In early 1981, Michael Gottlieb, an assistant professor at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Centre, wanted to teach some tenets of immunology to a post-doctoral fellow in his laboratory. Starring role for B-cells When the immune system encounters a virus, one of its responses is to produce antibodies highly specific to proteins on the virions’ surface. The vaccine …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

IISc researchers develop novel method for mass production of recombinant proteins

The Hindu

Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, have developed a novel method for the production of recombinant proteins. According to IISc, mass production of recombinant proteins using yeast cell factories needs methanol, a compound that requires safe handling, carries the risk of catching fire, and sometimes produces harmful byproducts. Methanol is also metabolized to form hydrogen peroxide …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

A promising technique could make blood types mutually compatible

Hindustan Times

EVERYONE HAS a blood group, defined by the characteristic chains of sugar molecules, or antigens, that protrude from their red blood cells like spikes on a hedgehog’s back. They settled on enzymes from Akkermansia muciniphila, a bacterium that feasts on the protective mucus lining the gut because mucus contains sugars similar to those on red blood cells. To test if …

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Antibodies Could Soon Help Slow the Aging Process

Brain inflammation may be the reason behind muscle fatigue after infection and injury

Man with rare antibody saving unborn children becomes blood donor royalty

Is pumped milk as nutritious as direct breastfeeding for your baby?

Split your protein intake throughout the day

Myeloma Explained — Insights Into The Disease And Its Treatment

Are vaccines necessary if you breastfeed? Here’s what breastfeeding mothers need to know

Rachel's hair was falling out, her joints were swollen, she had mouth ulcers and she was exhausted. Doctors dismissed her for years... and then she discovered the surprising cause

Miranda Hart, Lyme disease and the doctors that don’t think it exists

Suspected Mpox Infection Reported from Malappuram in Kerala, Samples Sent for Testing

CDC says mpox vaccine boosters aren’t needed in the US as questions emerge around waning immunity

Snakebite continues to be a deadly problem in India

Is there an Mpox vaccine, and how does it work? All you need to know

Fruit bats suspected source of Nipah in 14-year-old from Kerala

Why the inability to identify the Nipah virus sources is a concern in Kerala

Kerala: 14-year-old dies of Nipah virus in Kozhikode

Nipah outbreak in Kerala? All you need to know as govt confirms infection in 14-year-old boy

Karnataka: Doctors warn not to ignore fever, even if dengue tests negative

11-year-old succumbs to dengue in Bengaluru

Endemic dengue may have helped stem severity of early COVID wave in India: study

What IS the mysterious illness affecting Celine Dion, as the singer bravely releases film of an agonizing attack... and who is at risk?

Four new studies report progress towards long-awaited HIV vaccine

IISc researchers develop novel method for mass production of recombinant proteins

A promising technique could make blood types mutually compatible