Health Bulletin 10/ July/ 2024

According to The Indian Express news report, the doctor has been identified as Dr Vijaya Kumari, a kidney transplant surgeon at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. She has been accused of being connected to the gang that reportedly ran its illegal activities since 2019 and allegedly performed the transplants between 2021 and 2023 at Noida’s Yatharth Hospital, where she was employed as a visiting consultant.

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Bangladesh-India Kidney Transplant Racket: Indraprastha Apollo Surgeon Held For Running Racket At Yatharth Hospital

NMC grants approval to only 2 out of 12 new medical colleges in Maharashtra

Only two out of twelve medical colleges in Maharashtra have received the National Medical Commission's (NMC) approval for starting new medical colleges.

While altogether 10 government-run medical colleges had submitted proposals to the Apex Medical Commission for starting new medical institutes, NMC approved only one. This newly approved government medical college will come up on the common campus of Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) and Cama hospitals in the Fort area, FPJ has reported.

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NMC Nod To Only 2 Out Of 12 New Medical Colleges In Maharashtra

The PIL, driven by Vijay Bajaj and his advocate Aditya Singh sought a thorough investigation into the regular performance of C-section procedures in private hospitals across the state and also requested an inquiry into the reasons why MBBS doctors, rather than qualified gynecologists, are performing these procedures.

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MBBS Doctors Performing C-Sections In Private Hospitals, PIL Filed In MP High Court Seeking Probe

Scientists develop first complete and functional human immune system in mouse model

Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have made a significant breakthrough in biomedical research by creating a humanized mouse model with a complete and functional human immune system and a human-like gut microbiome. This model, capable of mounting specific antibody responses, offers new insights into immunotherapy development and disease modeling. The research, led by Dr. Paolo Casali, will be featured in the August 2024 issue of Nature Immunology.

The team addressed the limitations of previous humanized mouse models, which often lacked fully functional immune systems and had short lifespans. They began by injecting immunodeficient NSG W41 mutant mice with human stem cells from umbilical cord blood. These mice were then hormonally conditioned with 17b-estradiol (E2) to enhance the survival of human stem cells and promote the production of antibodies.

Reference: Chupp, D.P., Rivera, C.E., Zhou, Y. et al. A humanized mouse that mounts mature class-switched, hypermutated and neutralizing antibody responses. Nat Immunol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01880-3