Emerging three-drug combinations will change the immuno-oncology treatment which has high unmet needs. Emerging three-drug combinations are poised to

CT scans for people at risk for lung cancer lead to earlier diagnoses and improve survival rates. A study published in American Journal of Respiratory

Combination of the immune checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab (AstraZeneca's Imfinzi), the PARP inhibitor olaparib (AstraZeneca/Merck's Lynparza), along with

Living-donor liver transplants are found to be better than deceased-donor liver transplants. Living-donor transplants have better survival rates and other

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully turned back the biological hands of time, coaxing adult human cells in the laboratory to

Community transfer has started in several places in country making them into the hotspot of the virus. The situation in India is much better as compared

In an opinion piece in The Independent, IWMI Director General Claudia Sadoff says "Achieving greater gender equality will help to strengthen the resilience of our food systems, revitalize rural economies and enhance rural livelihoods."

The main aim of the MENAdrought project is to empower decision-makers across Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco to anticipate, prepare for and mitigate drought impacts in a context of increasing climate change, in order to reduce risks of food and water insecurity.

Claudia Sadoff, Director General of IWMI, argues that our efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change and address food security could be counterproductive if we don’t pay more attention to water and its use.

Scientists at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) were invited to contribute to a number of chapters in WWDR 2020, including chapter 4 (Water-related extremes and risk management).

Water-related natural disasters are major impediments to human security and sustainable socioeconomic development. Climate change has made extreme weather events more severe by altering their frequency, timing, intensity and duration.

For the phone app to be effective and sustainable, it must only be regarded as being a part of a more integrated approach to development and codesigned with the end users.

The decline in natural resources is very real. The International Water Management Institute estimates that nearly every country south of the 35th parallel will experience economic or physical water scarcity by 2025.

A game stimulates a mind – at any age - to explore and wonder. A board game, often based on a near-life setting, offers a safe informal environment where players can interact and learn from each other.

Even when using very sensitive methods, there are no cell lines with chromosomal aberrations in IVF kids. Hence, in vitro fertilization does not pose

Healthy donor stem cells that produce normal collagen in Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) patients have the potential to improve bone mass and correct the mutant collagen matrix, reports a new study.

There is no link between oral infections and the risk of stem cell transplantation patients dying of or getting a serious infection within six months of the procedure, found new study.

New genetic screening platform using CRISPR technology for targeting thousands of genes in a massively-parallel fashion give an accurate and fast method

Youthful strength can be regained after the existing muscle stem cells are subjected to the rejuvenating protein treatment, and transplanted back into our bodies, reports a new study.

Scientists have reported substantial variability from state to state and region to region in the number of donor organs recovered from drug-intoxication-related deaths.

Even though recipients who received liver grafts from older donors (70 and older) had improved outcomes with reduced mortality, graft loss and postoperative

After kidney transplant, kids who developed anti-human leukocyte antibodies against their donor kidney, known as de novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA)

Scientists have created a simulated organ market and placed a dollar value factor using data from the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

Transplant centers are declining viable kidneys on behalf of patients whose lives might have been saved by the organs, reports a new study. The findings

New study provides incentives to boost organ supply without compromising organ quality or inducing excessively high costs of donating. The findings of

The waitlist policy which aimed to protect children lives by giving importance to children anticipating heart transplantation in the U.S has unwanted consequences.

Tamil Nadu government announced that it had directed all blood banks in the state to use the blood donation feature on Facebook to reach out to the voluntary donors.

In an adult recipient, the first purely laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplantation has been successfully performed by Cleveland Clinic researchers.

New study found no significant difference in patient survival or rates of rejection when the recipient accepted increased risk lungs, reveals a new study.

Survival rate of patients who received a heart transplant from a donor with hepatitis C to those who received hearts from donors without the disease was similar.

New device developed at UBC is showing promise as a method to recognize "super donors," potentially aiding over 4.5 million patients who need blood transfusions

Genotyping helps identify and predict the risk of subjects wishing to donate a kidney. Those who are at high-risk of developing the disease can be removed

Massive improvements are seen over the last 40 years in the survival of children after kidney transplant, reports a new study. The findings of the study

A new technology used by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers has brought two donor hearts that stopped beating back to life before transplanting them into patients.

Highlights : Telemedicine and Tele-health practice now possible in India Registered Medical Practitioner empowere

Nobel medicine prize board member has resigned from the body over an investigation into controversial surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. Urban Lendahl, a

Despite a ruling by the Belfast High Court that the legislation breaches human rights, the Northern Ireland regional assembly voted against relaxing strict abortion laws.

Theranos, a blood-testing laboratory, has announced that US civil and criminal authorities were conducting a criminal investigation into the company.

The U.S. government strictly regulates the therapeutic use of human cell and tissue products. However, a specific exception allows surgeons to harvest,

Poland has one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws. Passed in 1993, the current legislation bans all terminations unless there was rape or incest,

Indian Medical Students with foreign MBBS degrees can now work in India without writing the eligibility test in India. The proposal was sent by the

The usage of a "triage tool" that can help law enforcement more accurately assess threats of violence and predict attacks against police, judges and other

Since the Union cabinet has banned the commercial surrogacy, many people from the industry have called this move as regressive and insensitive while some

The report showcases some of the leading global businesses in Black Soldier Fly production.

A new study has revealed that the number of young people becoming registered nurses has grown sharply since 2002. This is a welcome trend that should

'Nurses play an important role in providing effective healthcare to patients. They should understand the medical and social conditions of every patient

Hospitals are filled with doctors who hail from different countries than the ones born in the United Kingdom, revealed a new study.Economic Co-operation

Patients receiving regional anesthesia options such as spinal, epidural or peripheral nerve blocks might have a greater tendency to overestimate the postoperative

Third Cholera Epidemic poses as a new health threat to Yemen people who are still recovering from the war. World health organization has warned the government

Novel approach can help facilitate the reduction of the fluid intake during hemodialysis, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the iJournal of Advanced Nursing/i.