LAST UPDATED : May 19, 2020, 09:00 PM IST
- Eating oranges may prevent eye disease: Study
People who regularly eat oranges are less likely to develop macular degeneration - the leading cause of vision loss, a study led by an Indian origin researcher claims. Macular degeneration is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the centre of the visual field.
- Job seeker accuses SBI of violating law
A man living with disability has alleged discrimination by the State Bank of India (SBI) and denial of the right to work. Sector-47 rtesident Himjeet Singh Bains claims that the bank, in its advertisement for probationary officers, has ignored the Rights of People with Disability Act, 2016.
- Gene editing tool to help treat muscular dystrophy
Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have successfully used a gene editing tool to treat a genetic disease in a fully developed living mammal for the first time, an advance that may be translated in humans. Researchers from Duke University used CRISPR to treat an adult mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.