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Islamabad, Sep 25 (IANS) Imran Riaz Khan, a prominent Pakistani journalist and anchor known for his outspoken stance against the country’s military establishment and open support for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, returned to his family on Monday following his forced abduction four months ago. Reports about his safe return were confirmed by the Sialkot police, which stated: “Journalist/anchor Mr. Imran Riaz Khan has been safely recovered… He is now with his family. “Imran Riaz Khan’s lawyer also confirmed the news of his safe return to his family.“By God’s special blessing, grace and mercy, I have brought back my prince,” said…

Lucknow, Sep 25 (IANS) The King George’s Medical University (KGMU) and the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) in collaboration with the Central government, will soon launch a project to produce CAR-T cells that will help provide cancer patients world-class treatment. CAR-T cells, a form of cancer immunotherapy, use genetically altered T cells for targeted cancer treatment. This treatment is currently available in developed countries and the private sector in Mumbai and Bengaluru. KGMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Soniya Nityanand said that cancer in children should not cause undue concern due to its rapid spread as the survival rates are…

Lucknow, Sep 25 (IANS) The skin bank project at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow will become functional within the next two months.Prof Vijay Kumar, HoD, plastic surgery at the KGMU, where the skin bank is coming up, said, “The infrastructure is almost ready and we are working on a few more things such as a van to transport donated skin to the bank.”A skin bank is a place where skin from donors, mostly people who wish to donate organs after death, is harvested and preserved.The skin bank is a valuable resource in providing allograft skin as a cover…

Berlin, Sep 25 (IANS) A new report has revealed that Germany is witnessing an uptick in far-right extremism, which had led to the defacing and vandalisation of memorials dedicated to Holocaust victims.The report by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a centre-left research institute, has indicated that as many as one in every 12 Germans now subscribes to some form of extreme right ideology, reports Euronews.This is a serious increase compared to the much lower figures recorded in the biannual study, which has been running for two decades.One of the most striking changes in recent years is a detectable spread of extreme…

New York, Sep 25 (IANS) US scientists have in a significant experiment transplanted stem cells into mice and found reduction of brain abnormalities typical of Alzheimer’s disease.The team from Stanford University transplanted blood stem and progenitor cells into mice, effectively leading to the replacement of a type of neural cell, called microglia, that’s defective in mice with the disease.“This cell therapy approach is unique in the field because most researchers are working to find pills or injectables to treat Alzheimer’s disease,” said Marius Wernig, Professor of pathology and a researcher at the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative…

London, Sep 25 (IANS) An investigation by the coroner’s office is opening into the case of a 30-year-old Indian-origin man, who died in a top UK hospital last month with his father saying that he could have been saved if the family was given right to a second medical opinion, according to a media report.Jay Patel, 58, said that when his son Balram fell ill, he was given unsuitable treatment and was refused right to a second opinion from senior medics, known as the Martha’s rule in the UK, the Guardian newspaper reported on Monday. The rule gives patients and…

Pristina/Belgrade, Sep 25 (IANS) Kosovo and Serbia have traded accusations over a deadly standoff at a Serbian Orthodox monastery during which one policeman and three gunmen were killed.Sunday’s incident between ethnic Serb gunmen and police in Banjska village, northern Kosovo, marked one of the deadliest escalations in Kosovo for years, and follows months of mounting tension between the two sides.Kosovo declared independence in 2008 but Serbia does not recognise it.The shooting began at about 3 a.m. on Sunday, after Kosovan police said they arrived in Banjska, where about 30 heavily armed gunmen had earlier barricaded themselves in the monastery near…

Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) The US was Five Eyes member country that provided some kind of corroborating intelligence that Canada used to firm up its assessment that Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and Khalistan activist, was killed in a plot by the Indian government, according to a report in The New York Times. The report, which is based on accounts from two allied officials, says the US, which is a member of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing compact with Canada, the UK, New Zealand and Australia, had no advance knowledge of the plot but provided Canada the “context”.Ottawa developed…

New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The former chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce Kate Bingham has in a new book warned of a next pandemic that could come from a million unknown viruses and kill about 50 million people like the Spanish Flu.The excerpt of the book, co-authored with another vaccine boffin Tim Hames, published in the Daily Mail explains how the next pandemic might unfold and calls for pandemic preparedness. “The 1918-19 flu pandemic killed at least 50 million people worldwide, twice as many as were killed in World War I,” they said.”Today, we could expect a similar death…

Tokyo, Sep 24 (IANS) Increased body temperature suppresses virus replication and excessive inflammatory responses, finds a study that showed the missing link between body temperature and infection resistance.The study by researchers at The University of Tokyo in Japan showed that the high-body-temperature-dependent activation of gut microbiota boosts the serum and intestinal levels of bile acids.This suppresses virus replication and inflammatory responses that follow influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections.Clinical evidence suggests that elderly individuals are at a higher risk of contracting viral infections.Quite notably, the older people also have lower mean body temperatures.However, the effects of increased body temperature on fighting viral…