Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
British researchers have identified a key protein that can control how breast cancer cells spread in the body. The study sheds light on how cancer cells leave the blood vessels to travel to a new part of the body, said the researchers from University of Manchester in Britain. When tumour …
A group of Brazilian researchers has developed a molecular exam for diagnosing Zika within five hours, a much shorter time than current exams, and the new test will begin being used next week to facilitate studies on methods to combat the virus, academic sources reported Wednesday. The exam, which is …
Lymphoid tissue is a key reservoir established by HIV-1 during acute infection. It is a site associated with viral production, storage of viral particles in immune complexes, and viral persistence. Although combinations of antiretroviral drugs usually suppress viral replication and reduce viral RNA to undetectable levels in blood, it is …
He said Ayurveda was relevant globally today because of its holistic and comprehensive approach to health The Centre is committed to promoting traditional medicinal systems like Ayurveda which remain untapped due to inadequate scientific scrutiny and concerns regarding standards and quality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. Modi said India …
A more efficient DNA technology to detect and treat infectious diseases and cancer has been developed by Singapore researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR, the agency said in a press release on Monday. The researchers improved on existing technologies to create a modified single-stranded DNA …
As vaccine manufacturers tackle increasingly intractable pathogens, vaccines will be developed that show efficacy, but that are less efficacious than established vaccines. Consequently, regulatory and public health authorities will be faced with difficult decisions about whether such vaccines should be recommended for implementation and, if so, under what circumstances. The …
The phase 3 trial of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine candidate showed modest efficacy of the vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but was not powered to assess mortality endpoints. Impact projections and cost-effectiveness estimates for longer timeframes than the trial follow-up and across a range of settings are needed to inform …
The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, has signed a $5m (£3.5m) deal for an Ebola vaccine, to protect against future outbreaks of the deadly disease. The deal commits pharmaceutical company Merck to keeping 300,000 vaccines ready for emergency use or further clinical trials. It will also submit an application to license the …
The mosquito-borne dengue virus infects up to 390 million people a year. Symptoms of dengue fever include a measles-like rash, fever, body aches and joint pain. In a small subset of cases, the disease develops into life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding and low platelet count; this can progress …
Stakeholders welcome positive developments in the regulatory environment welcomed by stakeholders The 9th Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR) recently concluded with a strong iteration on the importance of clinical research in India to provide better, safer and more accessible treatment for patients. There was also …
Singapore researchers said on Monday they had made a key finding which could improve brain cancer treatment. Researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have proven that the cell microenvironment plays an essential role in the growth of brain cancer cells. This discovery could lead to a possible …
Tests on the most common type of influenza found in Chinese pigs reveal that it has the potential to transmit easily in humans, posing a pandemic threat similar to the virus that triggered a pandemic in 2009 after jumping from swine to people. A research team from China and Japan …
For the first time a team of Australian scientists have revealed how malaria parasites cause an inflammatory reaction that sabotages the human body's ability to protect itself and fight against the disease, according to a study at the Walter And Eliza Hall Institute. The researchers' new development paves the way …
Most studies of delayed tuberculosis diagnosis focus on the adverse effect of time elapsed between the onset of symptoms to reaching diagnosis and subsequent patient outcomes and control of community transmission. A University of Georgia study takes a new angle on the issue and looks at the potential societal influence …
Shandong Eye Institute, east China, announced Monday the successful transplant of a bio-engineered pig cornea into a human eye in late September. "The patient's vision has gradually improved after a three month recovery period, which means the transplant was a success," said Zhai Hualei, director of the institute's cornea division. …
Environmental factors such as sunshine and tobacco smoke cause more cancers than random DNA mutations, researchers have affirmed — contesting another team's conclusions that "bad luck" was mainly to blame. The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, was conducted to challenge a controversy-stirring paper carried by US-based Science …
An effective vaccine to protect against the Mers virus is a step closer, a report in the journal Science suggests. European scientists genetically modified a version of the smallpox vaccine to display Mers virus protein on its surface. The vaccine was able to protect camels - the animal reservoir for …
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have identified a new life cycle stage in HIV infection, thanks to a novel technique they developed to take images of intact infected cells. They've shown that this phase of infection, dubbed intra-nuclear migration, by principal investigator Abraham L. Brass, MD, PhD, …
An estimated 161 million children around the world are chronically malnourished, or stunted. Lack of food and nutrients severely harm children's development. This can be obvious, such as when children are much shorter than they should be for their age. But it can also affect hidden parts of the body …
The world's first ibuprofen patch, which delivers pain relief directly to the skin, has been developed by researchers from the University of Warwick. The patch contains significant amounts of the drug, and is the only one of its kind that consistently delivers the painkiller. Working with Medherant, the bioadhesives company, …
