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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicStem cell therapy

Topic: Stem cell therapy

‘Malpractice’—why Supreme Court has barred use of stem cell therapy for autism

The top court cites lack of scientific evidence, ethical violations, and regulatory failures that have pushed desperate families toward unproven interventions for patients with ASD

Honey could be key to understanding local environmental pollution and 10,000 yrs ago, man ate mammoth

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Stem cell therapy was supposed to cure cancer. The last big breakthrough was in 1959

Lecture by Dr Akhil Banerjea, from the National Institute of Immunology on stem cell therapies was measured, less of a hyperbole and rooted in science. 'It's still cosmetic, experimental,' he said.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.