1st fully AI designed drug for lung disease enters human clinical trials – ET HealthWorld

1st fully AI designed drug for lung disease enters human clinical trials – ET HealthWorld

Hong Kong, In a first, a drug discovered and designed using artificial intelligence (AI) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs, has entered human clinical trials. Hong Kong-based biotechnology company Insilico Medicine, in a statement, announced that the Phase II trial on oral dosage of … Read more

10-year-old boy dies after teacher throws him from 1st floor of school building in Gadag district of Karnataka

10-year-old boy dies after teacher throws him from 1st floor of school building in Gadag district of Karnataka

In a ghastly incident, a guest teacher beat up a boy, threw him from the school building, and assaulted two others at Hadli village in Gadag district on Monday. The accused, Muttappa Yallappa Hadagali, working in the Government primary school at Hadli village, allegedly thrashed 10-year old Bharat, and threw the boy from the first … Read more

MS Dhoni creates history, 1st player to appear in 200 Indian Premier League matches

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IPL 2020: Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni became the first player to feature in 200 Indian Premier League matches on Monday when he walked out for the toss in Match 37 against Rajasthan Royals at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. CSK captain MS Dhoni on Monday became the first player to feature … Read more

DC vs CSK: Shikhar Dhawan ‘really happy’ after hitting 1st hundred in 13-year-long IPL career

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Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan, who played a match-winning unbeaten 101 off 58, said that scoring his first hundred in 13-year-long IPL career was special. Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan (BCCI Image) HIGHLIGHTS Shikhar Dhawan scored his 1st IPL hundred in the match vs CSK on Saturday Dhawan said he was “really happy” to score … Read more

89-year-old Dutch woman becomes 1st patient to die after Covid reinfection: Report

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An 89-year-old woman in the Netherlands has reportedly become the first known person to die of coronavirus after contracting it twice. Reports say the elderly woman was suffering from a rare kind of bone marrow cancer known as Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia. According to a report in CNN, the woman’s immune system was “compromised” following a therapy … Read more

Covid reinfection confirmed in US man as more severe than 1st time. Given oxygen support, hospitalised

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A 25-year-old man in Nevada, US was re-infected with coronavirus and the second infection was “more severe” than the first one, a study published in The Lancet on Monday said. Unlike the first time when he contracted Covid-19, the patient had to be hospitalised and put on oxygen support during re-infection as he developed breathing … Read more

French Open: Iga Swiatek stuns Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-1, becomes 1st ever Grand Slam champion from Poland

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Polish teenager Iga Swiatek created history on Saturday as she became the first from her country to win a Major title after beating Sofia Kenin in straight sets in the French Open women’s singles final at Roland Garros. Iga Swiatek took just an hour and 24 minutes to beat Kenin 6-4 6-1 on Court Philippe … Read more

KKR vs CSK IPL 2020 Match 21: Kolkata Knight Riders opt to bat for 1st time since 2015

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Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday did something which they haven’t done in more than 5 years as they won the toss and opted to bat first in Match 21 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 against Chennai Super Kings. The last time KKR won the toss and opted to bat in the IPL was … Read more

Virat Kohli gets to another milestone, becomes 1st Indian and 7th batsman to reach 9000 runs in T20s

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Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli reached the 9000-run mark in T20s in the game against Delhi Capitals in Dubai International Stadium when he was on 10 runs Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli. (Courtesy of BCCI) HIGHLIGHTS West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is at the top of the run-chart with 13,296 runs in T20s … Read more