Opioid drugs such as morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: The kindly face delivers pain relief to millions of sufferers, while the grim face drives an opioid abuse and overdose crisis that claimed nearly 70,000 lives in the US in 2020 alone. Taking an Hsp90 inhibitor that targets the spinal cord along with an opioid drug …
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A four-month-old infant in Gujarat is suffering from a rare genetic disorder called Spinal Muscular Atrophy and his family members are asking for help for his treatment. To save the infant's life, an injection costing Rs 16 crores is needed. It leads to a loss of certain nerve cells in the spinal cord called motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. …
Days after a crowdfunding initiative helped generate a whopping Rs 18 crore in Kerala to buy a life-saving drug for a child suffering from a spinal issue, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday urged the Centre to waive off the taxes involved, even as the Kerala High Court batted against such a fund mobilisation drive. Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister …
Bollywood actors including Kangana Ranaut, Richa Chadha, Yami Gautam and others expressed their anger over the Hathras gang-rape victim's death. A 19-year-old Dalit rape victim, who was gang-raped and left paralysed by four upper caste men, died a fortnight after the attack in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday. Kangana Ranaut was one of the first few who reacted to the …