IISc
develops world’s first painless, needle-less vaccine system!
Yesterday,
HRD minister of state Shashi Tharoor told the Rajya Sabha that the Indian
Institute of Science has made a remarkable breakthrough in delivering
medication by successfully designing and testing a needleless vaccine delivery
system.
Tharoor
said the new method had been developed by IISc by the laboratory for hypersonic
and shock wave, the aerospace engineering department and microbiology and cell
biology department and it’s the first such delivery system in the world. The
new system apparently managed to successfully deliver mice with a typhoid
vaccine. The method utilises the instantaneous mechanical impulse generate by
micro-blast waves to achieve subcutaneous delivery of vaccine into mice. The
micro-blast wave is generated inside a small disposable plastic tube (3mm in
diameter) using very less chemical energy.
If
this vaccine delivery system proves successful in the long run because of the
various cons associated with needles such as:
- A lot of children are afraid of injections and the pain
it causes
- An injection if applied incorrectly can cause problems
ranging from muscle damage to instant death if an air bubble is released
in the bloodstream
- There’s also the risk of transmission of diseases like
HIV/AIDS from unsterilized needles
Tharoor
added the method is painless because the depth of penetration below the skin is
very less and the method will also require less quantity of vaccines. It’s also
painless, cheap, disposable, safe and economical and has the potential to
revolutionise vaccine delivery.
Source:
http://health.india.com
10.05.2013
‘Kids
spend less than an hour with their parents’
Busy
schedules of parents are increasingly deprieving their children of their
company and hence, they are growing up cocooned in their own world. A study by
Assocham Ladies League (ALL) shows that over 65 percent of youngsters between
the age of eight and 24 get to spend less than one hour with their parents. This
leads to a situation where youngsters become aloof, introverted, impatient and
intolerant, says the study.
Parents
are reaching home much later in the evening and leaving home much earlier in
the morning and the consequences of this are that with the growing number of
nuclear families, there is no one to look after the children in their absence,
adds the study.
ALL
Global Chairperson Harbeen Arora said: ‘Since violence and abuse emerge from
complex causes, we require participation of multiple stakeholders in addressing
the issue. The practices of responding to complaints and victims must become
more sensitive and supportive, and civil society is ready to help in such
endeavors.’
The
study highlighted the fact that the majority of youth spend less time in and
with their families resulting in estranged relationships. Most of the
respondents rarely shared any problems with their parents. Thus, problems of
communication, inadequate expression and lack of parental support have been
identified as factors associated with behavioural problems in children and
adolescents.
Urvashi
Butalia Director & Co-founder , Kali for Woman said: ‘Rape and sexual
assault are not merely women’s issues. They are a symbol of the deep-seated
violence that women and other marginalized people experience every day in our
society. So a mindset change is required and there’s a need for inculcating
values for respecting women in our education and culture’
‘Abuse
and violence in families not only affects the psyche of a child but also
hinders growth and development. Children from homes where domestic violence is
occurring are also more likely to exhibit aggressive behaviour and tend to be
intolerant and impatient’, adds the study.
Source:
http://health.india.com
10.05.2013
The worst that a man can do
to himself is to do injustice to others
HENRIK IBSEN
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