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Two genes induce the intrinsically female embryo to change into a male
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Mad-Cow disease found to affect blood cells
Scientists in the UK have uncovered new evidence that mad cow disease has effects in the bloodstream, a finding that could lead to new ways of diagnosing the brain-destroying condition in livestock.
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Mad-Cow disease found to affect blood cells
Scientists in the UK have uncovered new evidence that mad cow disease has effects in the bloodstream, a finding that could lead to new ways of diagnosing the brain-destroying condition in livestock.
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Ayurvedic remedy for cholesterol
A traditional remedy used for 2,500 years in Indian ayurvedic medicine works to lower cholesterol, and in a new way that might lead to the development of improved drugs, researchers in US said. The
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Heart diseases on the increase, say cardiologists
Heart diseases are on the rise in India and within the next five years, half the deaths in the country would be due to them, a leading cardiologists has said. To find out ways to manage the disease
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'Breakthrough in anti-AIDS vaccine'
A team of South Korean scientists today claimed a breakthrough in developing DNA vaccines to protect human beings against the virus that leads to AIDS. A spokesman of the team said that Jean marie
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Our best friend helps us again - in the lab
Deciphering the genes of dogs and horses is reducing their suffering and could improve human health. The Animal Health Trust, the UK veterinary research charity, has taken a lead in investigating
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Anti-diabetic drug from CDRI
A plant extract, traditionally used by the inhabitants of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to control diarrhoea, has given impotant leads for the development of the first herbal based anti-diabetic drug
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JNU scientist arming tomato, 'killer' dal to fight disease, malnutrition
The country's leading molecular biologist is well on his way to making the much-reviled kesari dal, which makes news only when it leads to limb deformities and death among its users, into a protein
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JNU scientist araming tomato, 'killer' dal to fight disease, malnutrition
the country's leading molecular biologist is well on his way to making the much-reviled kesaari dal, which makes news only when it leads to limb deformities and death among its users, into a protein
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Gene therapy set to advance after discovery
Researchers have overcome a major obstacle that has kept gene therapy from progressing into everyday patient care. The advance could lead to a new type of gene therapy that would replace existing
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Bulk drug industry waits for new pharmaceutical policy
Market analysis suggests that an industry like pharma, which continues to do well even during the economy downturn is the one that would later lead the pack as a front-runner. But the new drug policy
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A beautiful mind...it's on your doorstep
Mental disorders will be the second leading cause of death in the world by 2020, says the World Health Organisation report, 2001. The report of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) workshop
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Calculating the murky concept of risk
The information provided by advocacy groups is blunt. Y-ME a national breast cancer organization, states that breast cancer is 'the overall leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and
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SARS attacks
One could have called it the stuff of Michael Crichton page-turners, in which man's hubris vis-a-vis nature invariably leads to catastrophe. But the multi-country outbreak of atypical pneumonia, or
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IISc scientists discover new molecule for cancer cure
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have discovered a new molecule that, they say, could potentially lead to an anti-cancer drug, which may help reduce the dosage of current treatment methods like chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The molecule, aimed at killing cancer cells by blocking their DNA repair mechanism, was successful in removing tumours in mice during laboratory experiments, say the researchers. The team is now evaluating offers to collaborate, including one from a US-based pharma company, for further research and clinical trials. Typically, the road to market for a new molecule can take at least a decade.
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EU Resists French call for a 'Mad Cow' Ban on Meat in Feed
France failed Tuesday to persuade fellow members of the European Union to follow its lead in banning meat and bone meal in livestock feed, ingredients considered to be responsible for the spread of
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Experts allay fears regarding iodised salt consumption
Leading experts and the Indian Medical Association today allayed fears that consumption of iodised salt causes Iodism and other
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Doctor lauded for diabetes procedure
A crowd of enthralled surgeons yesterday listened and applauded as a leading University of Alberta researcher described a miracle procedure that can overnight change the lives of millions of people
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Possible new treatment found for serious liver disease
A possible new approach to treating cirrhosis of the liver, the seventh-leading cause of death in the world, has emerged from studies of telomerase, a recently discovered agent that indefinitely