Ulcerative bacteria
Stomach ulcers have long been associated with excess gastric acid in the stomach. But researchers at Monash University at Melbourne have identified a bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, as the culprit,
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Molecules made to order
Restructuring molecules for specific purposes be it symmetry of design or to develop medicinal drugs has come of age in India.
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Unhygienic solution
Antibacterial ingredients in soap may be encouraging the growth of bacteria
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Way out
<img src="../files/images/20071031/37_1.jpg" align="left" /><b>Rich producers, users must pay for clean-up</b> <br>
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Treating infections
A new vaccine can prevent urinary infections effectively
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Moneymakers
FRIENDS OF ENVIRONMENT: The world's largest producer and marketer of home appliances, Whirlpool Corporation, will flow in Rs 350 crore for setting up a modern CFC-free, nofrost refrigerator
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Grim reminder
A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness
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The hanta phantom
Indian scientists suspect the presence of hantavirus one of the. most dreaded killers of modern times in Gujarat
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Rise and fall of a pathogen
How did tuberculosis cease to be a deadly killer in the West?
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GATTing drugs, not getting them
The latest durg price control order will boost the MNCs and deprive the common consumer by damaging the small scale sector
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Quality takes back seat in agribusiness
USE OF additives, irradiation and the threat of pesticide residues and food-borne infections have led to the quality of diet being questioned these days as never before. Factory Farming comes as a
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The guinea pig debate
Is there an alternative to guinea pigs in laboratory testing? Two members of the scientific community give their views
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New biopesticide conquers mosquito larvae
Malaria is attaining near epidemic proportions in the country but researchers in Madras hold out a ray of hope. They have produced an environmentally safe pesticide that kills mosquito larvae.
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Pills that kill
DRUGS are big money. And it is not hallucinogens or drug peddlers that are being discussed here but drug peddling by the pharmaceutical industry. In absence of a rational policy the world over, these
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A bean full of problems
In utter disregard of environmental and health safety norms, the Indian government has okayed a deal for import of soybean to satisfy oil extraction units
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Safe recipe
Edible oils can replace toxic solvents
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Stink on Mir
an italian microbiologist who has been monitoring hygiene on the Russian space station, Mir, says that filthy conditions have caused its occupants to suffer from food poisoning and other
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CAMBODIA
A cholera outbreak in northeastern Cambodia has killed54 villagers and left another 827 infected with the deadly bacteria, health officials said. Cholera cases were first reported in northern
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Oceanic treasures
Marine life is a source for future medicines
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Conquering kala azar
thanks to a new drug formulation, the treatment of kala azar ( leishmaniasis ) and some fungal infections may become quicker, safer and more effective. This drug will be made for the