Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of Suo Motu in Re: Rodents menace is SRN hospital dated 17/01/2024. The case was filed suo motu on the basis of a news item published in Amar Ujala, which highlighted the menace of rodents in Swaroop Rani Nehru hospital, Prayagraj, …
The use of mice in laboratories started In the 17th century, when biology per " was transformed from a classical science to an experimental science. William Harvey (1578-1657) was the first to use mice - In 1616 - to elaborate on the blood circulation and reproductive systems In mammals. In …
THE fact that evolution optimises structures is best exemplified by cases of regressive evolution. These refer to structures that are not 'needed'. Such structures wither away because they are superfluous and because maintaining them is a waste of energy. Spalax ehrenberghi is a rodent that lives in dark underground tunnels. …
IT is now a year since the infamous Surat outbreak, which focussed the world's attention on the state of India's health conditions. It damaged India's reputation and made many Indians feel ashamed. Our neighbours, of course, took every possible opportunity, with or without any scientific basis, to rub India's face …
Bangladesh premier Begum Khaleda Zia has launched a nation-wide "kill rodents" campaign. She is offering attractive prizes to the killers, provided they produce the tails of their victims before the federal agriculture ministry. At least half a million tonne of foodgrains, enough to feed 3 million people annually, are either …
AUSTRALIA's premier grain growing areas have been invaded by an army of mice. According to Ken McElligot, lands minister of the grain-rich Queensland state, 400,000 tons of the cereal would be devoured by the marauding rats if immediate action is not taken to tackle them. This is nearly half the …
Medical experts have warned that a rat borne disease, leptospirosis, which has already claimed 14 lives in Bulsar district in Gujarat, may spread to other parts of the country and rapped the government for ignoring its spread. At Plague Vision '94, held in Delhi on October 12, K K Aggarwal, …
Rats and mice used for cancer tests in the US may soon have a diet regimen. Studies show that modern lab rats are about 25 per cent heavier than their ancestors were 20 years ago, which has caused a rise in the natural incidence of mammary and pituitary tumours, interfering …
If there is one thing a mouse cannot stand, it is the smell of other mice. Male mice with high levels of testosterone -- a male sex hormone -- mark their territories by secreting an oil in their urine, which scares off other mice. Scientists at Indiana University in the …
THE PASSAGE of genes from one generation to another is a matter of chance. A given gene from a parent has a 50 per cent chance of turning up in the offspring, said Gregor John Mendel, often called the father of genetics. But now a Russian team, headed by Sergei …
SCIENTISTS have found that the ability of certain rats to reject a tumour can be transferred to other rats using a simple technique that could one day be used to enhance human resistance to cancers. Ashok Khar of Hyderabad's Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) discovered a certain type …
SMALL farmers who cannot afford expensive rat-poisons now have a cheap, natural alternative: A fastgrowing tropical tree, Ghricidia sepium, whose leaves when fermented act as a potent rat-killer (Ceres, Vol 25, No 2). The vermin die of internal bleeding as the toxin reduces production of prothrombin, a blood-clotting agent secreted …
CATCHING rats the way Irula tribals do is not only environmentally safe but also cost-effective -- for they don't use poison or chemicals. All they need are their bare hands. Field trials in controlling rat numbers using these methods were conducted in 1984 by the Irula Snake Catcher's Industrial Cooperative …
