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Author Archives: ksparthasarathy
How accurate antibody tests are for detecting COVID-19?: New Cochrane review
Rapid tests of antibodies to find out whether a person had COVID-19 serves a useful purpose. When the most widely respected Cochrane review examined these tests they could collect data on only 27 tests, a fraction of the over 279 … Continue reading
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When George Fernandez was not convinced about nuclear safety
Today is the birth anniversary of Shri George Fernandez, veteran trade union leader, politician and MP. He held many ministerial portfolios including industry, communications, railways, and defence. The President of India conferred Padma Vibhushan, on him posthumously. He would have … Continue reading
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Communicating nuclear energy matters under stress
On July 28, 199, Shri Karan Thapar, the then Executive Producer H T V Limited interviewed me for his EYE WITNESS Video Magazine programme . Thapar allowed me to record in my tape recorder the audio part of the programme. … Continue reading
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Successful MERS vaccine in mice may hold promise for COVID 19 vaccine
A team of researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia, USA have developed a vaccine that fully protects mice against a lethal dose of MERS, a notorious, close cousin of SARS-COV2 that causes COVID-19. Surprisingly, they … Continue reading
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My article on Shri T N Seshan former CEC
I wrote an article on Shri T N Seshan, former CEC. Here is the link. https://www.rediff.com/news/column/when-keshub-mahindra-silenced-t-n-seshan/20191205.htm
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1 sec to determine signs of haemorrhage in an entire head scan by artificial neural network
I wrote a review article in M3 India on the status of Arificial Intelligence in diagnosing certain brain diseases by medical imaging. AI results are comparable to those arrived at by specialists. However,that is not enough. Jury is still out … Continue reading
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Adult heart contains no stem cells
IMAGE: THE SCAR IN THE MURINE HEART AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. SCAR TISSUE IS SHOWN IN RED. HEART MUSCLE CELLS ARE SHOWN IN GREEN. view more CREDIT: © HUBRECHT INSTITUTE Scientists know a lot about human body and the cells, tissues and organs that … Continue reading
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India’s Tryst with Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine as a discipline and a medical practice has been developing in India for over 64 years. I could locate a reference to radioisotopes in medicine in India in a lecture Dr Subodh Mitra, former Director Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital … Continue reading
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Radio-iodine treatment of low risk thyroid cancer ; lower dose is enough
I am very happy to report that many news outlets and dailies reprinted this special news article of mine, published by the Press Trust of India . The good news is that researchers in the UK have shown that … Continue reading
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Tributes to Dr K A Dishaw, an Eminent Specialist
Dr K A Dinshaw, an eminent radiation oncologist died on August 26, 2011 .She was 67. I had opportunity to work with her while we were together in an exploratory mission in the field of medical radiology to Italy organized … Continue reading
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