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Anthropic's Claude makes biomedical breakthrough discovers novel enzyme system

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Wednesday announced a biomedical breakthrough made by its AI system Claude. Amodei announced that Anthropic believes that a Claude-led discovery of a molecular machine could represent a new gene editing mechanism. According to Anthropic, Claude has discovered a previously unknown enzyme system hidden in the DNA of bacteriophages. Beside the …

Navi Mumbai docs remove 15 large stones from pregnant woman's bile duct

In a rare and high-risk medical case, doctors in Navi Mumbai has successfully treated a woman, who was 20 weeks pregnant, after she developed severe abdominal pain, vomiting and jaundice.  Investigations revealed a serious bile duct obstruction with infection due to stones, a condition that required urgent intervention. Given that she was in a pregnant …

Delhi docs help man with deteriorating vision see again with timely procedure

Varun Dagar, a 22-year-old IT professional from Noida, has regained functional vision after undergoing a specialised corneal procedure by doctors in Delhi's Preet Vihar area.  Varun was diagnosed with advanced keratoconus in both eyes, a condition that causes the cornea to become thin and irregular, severely affecting vision. Since glasses could no longer adequately correct …

Teen girl donates stem cells to save brother battling leukemia

A 17-year-old girl donated her stem cells to give her 10-year-old brother a second chance at life after he battled leukemia, a type of blood cancer, as Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre near here successfully conducted its first allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT).  The boy, a resident of Durgapur in West Bengal, was …

New study links air pollution to death by suicide, suicidal thoughts

A review of available evidence has linked exposure to air pollutants with an increased risk of death by suicide or suicidal thoughts, with particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) posing the greatest risks. The findings, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, underscore the need to consider environmental exposures as …

Mumbai doctors cure Jalgaon woman suffering from rare "whooshing" tinnitus

Doctors in Mumbai have finally given relief to a 25-year-old woman from Jalgaon in Maharashtra, who was suffering from a persistent, heartbeat-synchronous “whooshing” sound in her ear for over five years, with a minimally invasive procedure The woman's case highlights how identifying an underlying vascular cause can help patients with persistent pulsatile tinnitus receive effective …