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Scientists have now revealed that bowel cancer consists of four distinct diseases, each with its own set of biological characteristics. The study was published in Nature Medicine.

Bioengineers at the University of Illinois at Chicago developed a 'psychic robot' that knows what you really meant to do. The study is published online in PLOS ONE.

Researchers have now found that nitrate-rich beetroot juice helps the body acclimatize more quickly and thoroughly at high altitude. Mountain sickness caused by lower air pressures at high altitude which affect the ability of our bodies to take up oxygen. The study was published in Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry.

Patients bore the brunt as nearly eight lakh pharmacy shops in the country were shut on 14th oct in a nationwide strike by the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) to protest against the online sale of drugs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed during or after platinum-based chemotherapy.

Incyte Corporation and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the expansion of the companies’ ongoing clinical collaboration to include a Phase 3 study evaluating the combination of epacadostat, Incyte’s investigational selective IDO1 inhibitor, with Keytruda^® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as first-line treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma. The Phase 3 study, which is expected to begin in the first half of 2016, will be co-funded by Incyte and Merck.

Culture shocks that result from migrating to a different country or accepting a refugee from other countries, can actually make us better thinkers, says an interesting study.

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Over 20,000 chemists' shops across Madhya Pradesh remained shut on Wednesday in the wake of a nationwide call for a shutdown to protest the online sale of drugs.

What connection does magnetic energy have with the belief in the superpower? A lot, say researchers, adding that both belief in God and prejudice towards immigrants can be reduced by directing magnetic energy into the brain.

Over 6,800 chemist shops across Delhi and its adjoining areas were shut on Wednesday following the nationwide strike by the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) to protest against the online sale of drugs.