According to scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a protein in mice known as RGS13
suppresses allergic reactions, including the severe, life-
threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. The Tourism
and Culture Minister Smt. Ambika Soni has stressed the need to
promote India as the new emerging Medical Value Travel
destination abroad. She was speaking at the 4th India Health
Summit here. Smt. Soni said the way medial tourism has developed
in recent times is largely linked to economics and technology
and India is positioning itself as the primary medical
destination for the most complex medical procedures in the
world. Newly described proteins in drug-resistant strains of the
Staphylococcus aureus bacterium attract and then destroy
protective human white blood cells—a key process ensuring that
S. aureus survives and causes severe disease, according to
scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institute