India drop in WTC points table despite Cape Town Test win
India drop in WTC points table despite Cape Town Test win Source link
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Iran vows revenge as blasts kill over 100 at slain commander Soleimani's memorial: Top points
More than 100 people were killed, while over 200 were left injured after twin explosions rocked a ceremony in Iran’s southeastern city of Kerman on Wednesday. The blast hit while thousands had gathered to commemorate commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a US drone in 2020. According to Iranian state television, the second blast … Read more
Rob Burrow receives PM’s ‘Points of Light’ award
Rob Burrow has received an award from Prime Minister Sunak for his campaigning on motor neurone disease (MND). In a special ceremony at Downing Street, the former Leeds Rhinos star accepted the 2,000th ‘Points of Light’ award, which recognises outstanding individual volunteers. Burrow was diagnosed with MND in 2019 and has campaigned for three years … Read more
India, China not patrolling several points in eastern Ladakh as agreed: Government source
An Indian Army truck moves towards LAC at Leh eastern Ladakh. File | Photo Credit: PTI As several patrolling points in eastern Ladakh remain inaccessible to Indian troops more than two years after the Galwan clash with Chinese forces, a source in the defence establishment told The Hindu that after disengagement, in some well-known areas, … Read more
Ancient DNA Points to Oral Herpes’ Beginnings
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While the herpes virus that causes lip sores is common today, it has been difficult for scientists to find traces of it among ancient remains. Now, researchers report they have uncovered and sequenced four ancient herpes virus genomes for the first time. … Read more
Covid origin studies say evidence points to Wuhan market
Crowded, live animal markets, many scientists agree, provide an ideal transmission hotspot for new diseases to “spill over” from animals. And in the 18 months up to the beginning of the pandemic, a separate study showed that nearly 50,000 animals – of 38 different species – were sold at markets in Wuhan. Source link
Robot Finger With Living Skin Points To A New Future
A moist, disembodied finger floating in a petri dish is the latest biohybrid advance, a technology that fuses biological and non-biological materials together. University of Tokyo scientists debuted the artificial finger, claiming it could be the first use of a living skin equivalent grafted onto a working robot. Beyond its realistic appearance, the finger is … Read more
Covid: First data points to Omicron re-infection risk
Prof Francois Balloux, from University College London, said: “The higher estimated re-infection ability of the Omicron variant to cause re-infection is not overly surprising and could be largely anticipated based on the large number of mutations in the spike protein carried by the omicron variant, which increase the Omicron variant’s ability to bypass host immunity.” … Read more
Research points to strategy for overcoming colorectal cancers’ immunotherapy resistance – ET HealthWorld
Washington: Immune checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash the immune response against tumor cells, have revolutionized cancer treatment; however, the medications aren’t effective in a large number of patients, including those with colorectal cancer. New research published in the journal PNAS that was led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) … Read more
Drinking Most Harmful at 3 Points in Life Span
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Alcohol poses the greatest threat to brain health at three periods of a person’s life, according to new research. During those three periods — from conception to birth, from ages 15 to 19, and after age 65 — people undergo “dynamic” … Read more