Author: News Desk

Ottawa, Canada: A toddler from Canada is being praised in the science world as the first person to receive in-utero treatment for a genetic condition that would have killed her soon. Ms. Sobia Qureshi, the mother of 16-month-old Baby Ayla, claimed that “She’s our little miracle baby, and she’s shown us that (the treatment) does work.” Baby Ayla, who lives in Ottawa with her parents Mr. Zahid Bashir and Ms. Sobia, was diagnosed with Pompe syndrome in 2021 and was given an experimental medication while still a fetus. Two of her sisters died from this genetic illness, which is typically…

Washington, D.C, US: The first research to ever evaluate anxiety treatment options directly between medicine and meditation has discovered that both techniques are equally effective at easing symptoms. The study, which was released recently in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, implies that individuals who struggle with anxiety may benefit from either a daily medication or a daily mindfulness exercise. Dr. Elizabeth Hoge, Head of the Anxiety Disorders Research Program and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., is the study’s lead author. For both treatments, we had folks who said, ‘This really worked’. Dr. Hoge shared…

Iran: Popular Iranian actor Ms. Taraneh Alidoosti has shared a photo of herself on social media without the headscarf that is mandated for women in the Islamic country. Following the death of Ms. Mahsa Amini, weeks of protests have shaken the nation. The 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, Ms. Mahsa Amin, who had been detained by Tehran’s morality police for allegedly breaking the nation’s stringent clothing codes for women, passed away in the middle of September. Ms. Alidoosti shared a photo of herself with her head exposed on her official Instagram account. The actor has openly supported the protest movement. Ms.…

New York: The most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Skull ever discovered will go up for auction on December 9th, 2022, in a special single-lot sale at Sotheby’s New York, where it is estimated to sell at a cost between $15 million and $20 million. The skull, known as “Maximus,” is thought to be 76 million years old. It stands around 6 feet 7 inches tall, weighs more than 200 pounds, and is mounted on a pedestal. Sotheby’s revealed that the skull is in great shape, which is “very rare” for a specimen of its kind. The tooth-bearing jaw components, the majority…

Ukraine: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received one of Sean Penn’s Oscars as a “sign of faith” in his nation’s success in its ongoing battle with Russia. Sean Justin Penn is an American actor and director who has won two Academy Awards for his performances in the biopic Milk and the mystery film Mystic River. The Oscar was given on Penn’s third visit to Ukraine during the war. The video of the exchange was posted by Anton Gerashchenko, a counselor to Ukraine’s interior minister. This is for you. It’s just a symbolic silly thing, but if I know this…

Switzerland: Multinational food and drink processing conglomerate, Nestlé recently began a collaboration with the Africa Food Prize to hasten the transformation of food systems to improve the food security and climate change resilience of the continent. The Africa Food Prize offers $100,000 to people or organizations who are revolutionizing the continent’s food and agricultural systems. With the goal of boosting food security, promoting economic growth and development, and eradicating hunger and poverty in Africa, the Prize focuses on particularly effective agri-food initiatives and technology advancements that can be duplicated throughout the continent. The Africa Food Prize is spearheaded by AGRA,…

Cairo, Egypt: At the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), currently held in Egypt, the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam has reaffirmed its firm commitment to combating climate change. In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Vietnamese delegation leader and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr. Tran Hong Ha, pointed out that Vietnam and other countries attending the conference will work to improve systems and policies to mobilize resources from developed countries in order to fulfill their commitments. The resources should be distributed to developing and underprivileged countries that are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and…

Canberra, Australia: The United States has warned Australia from endorsing a historic nuclear weapons ban pact, claiming that doing so could jeopardize the defense cooperation between the US and its allies. However, New Zealand sited that it was “pleased to observe a positive shift” in Australia’s position in a United Nations vote and “would, of course, welcome any new ratifications as an important step to achieving a nuclear-weapon-free world.” Following 5 years of unrelenting resistance from the Governing coalition, the Albanese government changed Australia’s voting position on the treaty banning nuclear weapons to “abstain.” The relatively recent pact forbids producing,…

Singapore: Mr. Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has given Dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency the Tesla owner popularised, a new life. After the tech entrepreneur closed the $44 billion deal, the price of Dogecoin doubled. On October 27, the cryptocurrency was selling for roughly $0.07 when Mr. Musk announced his ownership by tweeting “the bird is freed.” The selling price of the coming was $0.16 five days later. That might not sound like much, but according to analytics platform CoinGecko, the development with Twitter gave the extremely volatile cryptocurrency a market worth of $21 billion. Not bad for a coin named after…

Cologne, Germany: In the latest study published by the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Dr. Wenming Huang, a Max Planck scientist, and his team have revealed that they have identified a new gene mutation that has promising applications for aging research. RNA is a key cellular transmitter and serves as a blueprint for protein synthesis. Newly synthesized RNA undergoes processing, during which introns are eliminated to yield mature mRNA, which codes for the protein. Splicing is the process of separating these segments, and the spliceosome is the part of the cell that controls it. The study concluded that…