https://youtube.com/watch?v=-dfdggEzjFU&pp=ygUJaGFpZGVyIHR2
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has confirmed the detection of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) in the environmental samples of 3 more Pakistan cities. According to the Regional Reference Lab for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH), sewage samples collected from Karachi South, Karachi Central, Jamshoro and Hub contained poliovirus, which as genetically linked to the imported YB3A genetic cluster of WPV1. “The virus has been found in sewage samples of 34 districts so far this year. All positive samples and the two human cases reported in 2024 contain the YB3A cluster, which had disappeared…
LONDON: An 18-month-old British girl who was born completely deaf is believed to be the youngest person to have their hearing restored after undergoing groundbreaking new gene therapy. Several medical teams around the world including in China and the United States have been trialing similar treatments with good results for hereditary deafness that focuses on a rare genetic mutation. But UK ear surgeon Manohar Bance said the toddler, Opal, was the first person in the world to receive therapy developed by US biotech firm Regeneron and “the youngest globally that’s been done to date as far as we know”. Opal…
TikTok said on Thursday it would start using a technology aimed at helping it label images and video generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and uploaded to the video sharing service. TikTok said it would adopt “Content Credentials,” a digital watermark that denotes how images were created and edited. The Content Credential technology was spearheaded by Adobe (ADBE.O) but is open for other companies to use and already has been adopted by companies such as ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Researchers have expressed concerned that AI-generated content could be used as misinformation in an attempt to interfere with U.S. elections this fall. TikTok…
BERLIN: Xabi Alonso’s rampaging Bayer Leverkusen will have an additional incentive in Thursday’s home second-leg Europa League semi-final against Roma: breaking a 59-year-old European football record. Avoiding defeat against Roma on Thursday will not only mean a trip to Dublin for the Europa League final, it will also extend their unbeaten run to 49 games — the best mark in European football history. A Eusebio-inspired Benfica went on a 48-game unbeaten streak between 1963 and 1965. The record has stood since, but Leverkusen have a golden chance of blowing it out of the water. Alonso’s side has already overtaken Juventus’…
MARSEILLE: The Olympic flame reached Marseille, just outside the Old Port, amid tight security on Wednesday, 79 days before the Paris 2024 Games Opening Ceremony. More than 150,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony after a six-hour parade of the three-masted Belem, which left Greece on April 27 with the flame after it was lit in Ancient Olympia 11 days earlier. The ship was awaited by 1,024 boats. Around 6,000 law enforcement officers are securing the area before Florent Manaudou, France’s 2012 Olympic men’s 50 metres freestyle swimming champion, brings the flame to land shortly after 1730 GMT in…
IPOH: Pakistan and Japan won their respective matches on Wednesday to qualify for the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup final in Ipoh. Both the teams top the table with 10 points each from four matches. The final will be staged on May 11 at the Azlan Shah Stadium. Pakistan have registered three wins and a draw while Japan also have the same number of wins plus a draw. On Wednesday, Pakistan defeated Canada 5-4 while Japan beat hosts Malaysia 2-1. Malaysia and New Zealand are placed at third and fourth, respectively, with six points each. South Korea have registered three points…
Olympic and world javelin champion Neeraj Chopra said Indian athletes have shown they can compete with the European powerhouses at the event and the key to success at the Paris Games is maintaining their self-belief. European athletes won 15 of the last 16 gold medals in the men’s event before Chopra threw 87.58 metres at the Tokyo Games in 2021 to become the first Asian man to win an Olympic javelin title. The 26-year-old will defend his crown at the Games from July 26-August 11 and will be joined by compatriot Kishore Jena, while DP Manu also has a chance of qualifying…
KARACHI: Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir is still waiting for his Ireland visa to travel to the country for the three-match Twenty20 International series that commences on Friday. The 32-year-old, who rescinded his international retirement in March to make his Pakistan return ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup, is part of the national side’s 18-member squad for the Ireland series and the four-matches against England after that. Amir, however, has been left waiting in Lahore while the remaining members of the Pakistan squad flew to Dublin on Monday. The country’s cricket board is in constant touch with its Ireland counterpart. “We are…
GENEVA: After talks which spanned over a period of over 20 years, the United Nations is adamant on finalising an international agreement, in order to combat so-called ‘biopiracy’ later this month. Their solution is to enhance transparency with regards to the patenting of ‘traditional knowledge’ surrounding genetic resources. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (a UN agency that deals with IP and innovation) is hopeful of ensuring that such knowledge will be protected from exploitation. WIPO is comprised of 193 member states and will begin negotiations for an agreement from the 13 to 24 of May, at the agency’s headquarters in…
