Gene therapy experiment treats rare childhood blindness

Gene therapy experiment treats rare childhood blindness

Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Moorfields Hospital Jace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye condition An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers – born with one of the most severe forms of childhood blindness – gain “life-changing improvements” to their sight, according to doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. … Read more

Elections that shaped India | The United Front experiment (1996-98)

Elections that shaped India | The United Front experiment (1996-98)

After five years of steadfast leadership under Mr. P.V. Narasimha Rao, India witnessed some one of its the most unstable years politically, between 1996 and 1999. The cause for this was largely the two consecutive United Front governments and the short-lived Vajpayee government. The United Front (UF) experiment between 1996 and 1998 was a non-Congress, … Read more

ISRO successfully carries out controlled re-entry experiment of MT-1 satellite

ISRO successfully carries out controlled re-entry experiment of MT-1 satellite

ISRO on Tuesday successfully carried out the controlled re-entry experiment for the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT-1). The final two de-boost burns were executed at 11.02 UTC and 12. 51 UTC respectively. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday, March 7, successfully carried out the controlled re-entry experiment for the decommissioned … Read more

ISRO to undertake controlled re-entry experiment of decommissioned satellite on March 7, 2023

ISRO to undertake controlled re-entry experiment of decommissioned satellite on March 7, 2023

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be undertaking a challenging experiment of a controlled re-entry of the decommissioned Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT1) satellite on March 7. The MT1 is a joint Indo-French satellite launched in 2011 for tropical weather and climate studies which was providing data services, supporting regional and global climate models till 2021. The … Read more