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A, B blood groups, Rh+ people more prone to Covid: Study

People having blood group of A, B and those with Rh factor positive are "more susceptible to COVID-19 infection" compared to those having O or AB group and Rh negative, according to a new study......

Breakthrough! Chinese scientists 'cure' type-1 diabetes with half-hour surgery

Chinese scientists claimed to have cured a chronic type-1 diabetes patient using cell transplants in what was stated to be the first such case in the world. Image only for representation.......

'Ratan Tata Always Displayed His Kindness'

'When the bombing happened in the Taj Mahal hotel in 2008, that was a very sad moment, but he really took care of the people, took care of everybody and that was when you saw some of his best......

Mpox a public health emergency of global concern: WHO

The World Health Organisation has declared mpox a public emergency of international concern. IMAGE: Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case......

How Blood Donors India Saves Lives!

'Our network somehow saves 3,000 lives every year, but there's so much more to do, as every death due to shortage of blood is easily avoidable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vegasjon/Wikimedia......

Reliance plans to triple stem cell units

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Life Sciences plans to almost treble the capacity of its stem-cell enriched cord blood repository to close to 10,000 cell units in this calendar year. The company wants......

Health, quite literally, is wealth

It's a kind of a bio-insurance," says Prasad Mangipudi, vice-president, marketing, LifeCell. Mangipudi is explaining why parents should opt to preserve blood from the umbilical cord at the time of......

Stem cell banks strike the right 'cord'

It was a keen desire to secure the future of his soon-to-be born baby that made Japin Sibal, a young IT professional from Gurgaon, do an Internet search for various savings schemes available before......

Stem cell bank in India

India's first private cord blood stem cell bank, 'Lifecell' has been launched in Chennai. With an investment of Rs 12 crore (Rs 120 million), this bank is a joint venture between Asia Cryo Cell Pvt......

The dangers of DNA testing

DNA testing is in the news a lot these days, and not solely because of the saga of Anna Nicole Smith, whose burial was delayed amid a legal tussle over the paternity of her 5-month-old daughter,......

Review: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

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Gulabo Sitabo: Bachchan's finest performance in 30 years

'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan as Mirza with Ayushmann Khurrana as Bankey Rastogi in a scene from Shoojit Sircar's......

Review: Mad Max: Fury Road is the greatest action movie of all time

If ever there was a film that begged to be celebrated on the big-screen -- heck, that begged viewing with 3D glasses -- it is this one, a sensational ride that throws you, the viewer, into the......

October: When fools dare

A big part of October's charm is in its taking of a cinematic tragedy and presenting to us how we may experience it in real life, says Sreehari Nair. Danish Walia (Varun Dhawan) is the perfect man......

Wish list: What if Ileana was cast in Friends?

What if we these popular American television series were made in India? After remaking every film in sight, how could television be spared? The most interesting writing in America can currently be......

Why Sachin donated blood

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar donates blood. Photograph and video: Kind courtesy Sachin Tendulkar/Twitter Sachin Tendulkar donated blood on World Blood Donor Day in Mumbai on Monday. 'Some time......

Cricket Buzz: ICC probes UAE T20 league

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images The International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating a private Twenty20 league in the United Arab......

Infantino starts to change FIFA's image

New FIFA president Gianni Infantino sent a clear message that his leadership style would be very different from his predecessor Sepp Blatter when he flew to his first official overseas appointment......

Lomu running again

Former All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu is running again, less than two months after having a kidney transplant."I'm feeling better more and more each day," Lomu, 29, told Television New Zealand on......

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