Sick in the outback
The dismal state of aboriginal health Down Under has sounded alarm bells
The dismal state of aboriginal health Down Under has sounded alarm bells
Multinational pharmaceutical companies Hoechst and Gist Brocades (GB) have locked horns, through their Indian representatives Ranbaxy and Max India, over a proposed joint venture with the public
Scientists are on the breakthrough of better malaria drugs
Weeds acquire strange resistance to herbicides. Nature seems to go haywire. And causing all the confusion are genetically modified organisms, reports <font class='UCASE'>Indira Khurana</font>
Alternatives to keep animals away from scientific research labs
US-based Megainin Pharmaceuticals Inc researchers have found a natural antibiotic in the tongue of the cow which may explain how injuries caused to the animal's tongue remain infection-free and heal
PEOPLE with strong body odour may probably be carrying a faulty gene, according to researchers from London's St Mary's Hospital Medical School. The researchers say they are close to nailing the gene
Reemergence of infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB) is among the major health hazards resulting from increasing globalisation, says a report published by the Institute of Medicine, the medical
Is your love for red and processed meat getting you into trouble? The World Health Organisation seems to think so. It has released a report stating that consumption of red and processed meat is linked
The use of a bacterium in diverse field has opened up new horizons for researchers
Feelings of anxiety and alienation must not be taken lightly as most of the cases of depression go unnoticed and hence uncured
Virulent genes in disease causing bacteria may be 'disabled' with the help of a new identification method
Was the real killer an infection or negligence?
Following stricter trade sanctions by the US on medical supplies, the Cuban health system is going into a coma
Historical ills Malaria It has been hypothesised that the malarial parasite evolved either with humans or even earlier. Hippocrates wrote about it in the 5th century BC. In India, Ayurvedic
• Nicolas Hayek, chairperson of SMH AG, is looking for a partner to introduce the automotive equivalent of the Swatch watch he made famous in the 1980s. Hayek's inexpensive, stylish and
Now that science has "decoded" the TB bacterium, a cure seems possible
A professor of molecular biology and virology at the Salk Institute at La Jolla, USA, Dr Inder M Verma is also the chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Committee Overseas , Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. At the 16th International Con
leprosy vaccine soon: Ahmedabad-based Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited has planned to launch the world's first immuno-therapeutic leprosy vaccine, called Leprovac by June this year. Pran Talwar and
IT SEEMS the war between antibiotics and bacteria is a never-ending one. Time and again these clever organisms have made the most potent drugs look like placebos. But researchers at the Washington