Salmonella can help combat cancer

Yes to immunotherapy, no more chemotherapy. New research shows that the common food-poisoning bug salmonella can be used to treat cancer tumours in the body.

The research was carried out by scientists at Chonnam National University in South Korea. The food poisoning bug salmonella was genetically modified to make it innocuous, then injected into 20 mice with colon cancer and the disease disappeared in half of them after 12 days. Read more

Eat more grapes to prevent Alzheimer's

Memory loss can break daily life - scientists reveal that eating a handful of grapes could protect against diminution in the brain

Do you misplace things often and not remember where you put them? Memory loss can break daily life. People suffering from Alzheimer's, a form of dementia, are often left to depend on notes and other reminders to keep track of important dates and events. Now, scientists reveal that eating a handful of grapes twice a day could protect against diminution in some areas of the #brain. Read more

Lychee fruit proves fatal to children in India

The deadly brain illness that killed more than 100 children over the last two decades in Muzaffarpur in the Indian state of Bihar was caused by consuming #lychee fruit, a joint study conducted by American and Indian scientists has revealed.

Since 1995, kids in Muzaffarpur were reported to be falling sick suddenly and having seizures, especially in the early hours of the morning. These kids would slip into coma and more than 40 per cent of those affected died. According to the new findings, the cause of the illness seems to be the lychee fruit, which is widely grown in the region. The children who got sick were known to have consumed lychees on an empty stomach. Read more

My Mother and Other Stories - a storybook for children

Here it is, just in time for Christmas...my new storybook for children!

My Mother and Other Stories - a collection of twelve children’s short stories set in modern India - is now officially released worldwide, both in print and digital editions.

Filled with moral values, imagination and downright humour, each story beautifully balances the ordinary with the extraordinary. As well as making young readers laugh, these stories also make them think.

The stories that make up this wonderful collection are: My Mother, Grandma and the crow, The brown puppy, The scout with a big heart, Pineapple of his eye, Our pot-bellied cook, Star tattoo, Ghosts do not exist, A Lovable ayah, The gift of sight, Dance like me, and The young artist.

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Worldwide (including USA, Australia and UAE) 

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About the Author
Vinay Jalla is a web content developer, creative writer and a graphic designer with over 18 years of experience in print, online and broadcast media, both in India and in the UK.

The Vaping Club – an eBook by Vinay Jalla

Are e-cigarettes safer than real cigarettes? The burning debate continues about the safety of electronic cigarettes, popularly called e-cigarettes. But the big question is: are they a safer substitute to real cigarettes? Read on to find the answer.

Click on the links below to buy my eBook - The Vaping Club.

Amazon UK,  Amazon US,  Amazon India,  Amazon Worldwide

Telugu novel 'Narayaneeyam' launched!

My heartfelt thanks to Yandamoori Veerendranath – for blessing my book with an appealing foreword. Special thanks to Soma Sankar Kolluri – for translating my novel 'Warp and Weft' into Telugu; Srinivas Aitha and Jalla Venkatesh (my dad) – for their invaluable suggestions; Anil Atluri and Vijay – for their initial support. Lastly (but not the least) my grandmother – without her anecdotes I wouldn't have had a story to tell you.

Click on the link below to buy 'Narayaneeyam' (e-book):
http://kinige.com/book/Narayaneeyam

Click on the link below to buy 'Narayaneeyam' (paperback):
http://pothi.com/pothi/book/vinay-jalla-narayaneeyam

 

 

Preview of the Telugu novel ‘Narayaneeyam’ book cover

 

I would like you to have the first glimpse of the book cover of my novel ‘Narayaneeyam‘, which has been translated into Telugu from the original English version – ‘Warp and Weft’. The foreword is written by one of India’s most-loved and celebrated Telugu novelist Yandamoori Veerendranath.

 

We are planning to release ‘Narayaneeyam’ as an e-book first, followed by the paperback edition shortly. Watch this space for further updates.

Cartoon and book stores are now open for business

This is to inform all my friends/followers/readers/lovely people out there that both my cartoon and book stores are now open for business. I recently introduced the e-commerce app on my website. So feel free to buy any cartoon via PayPal on my website. The book store continues to be powered by Amazon.

I sincerely hope you can also provide some feedback to further improve the stores.

Please visit: http://www.vinayjalla.co.uk

CARTOON store

Ants by Vinay Jalla Size: 4x6 inches frame Price: £7.99 GBP

Head Lice by Vinay Jalla Size: 4x6 inches frame Price: £7.99 GBP

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BOOK store

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