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 …
Salient recommendations of Prof. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury Expert Committee to formulate policy and guidelines for approval of new drugs, clinical trials and banning of drugs are that clinical trials can only be carried out at centres which have been accredited for such purpose. The principal investigator of the trial should …
The recent changes in the regulatory framework for conducting clinical trials were aimed at ensuring safety and efficacy of drugs on humans, Deputy Drugs Controller of India S.E.Reddy said here on Friday. Speaking at a pharma conference organised by ASSOCHAM here, he said the rules were amended because the ethics …
Dr Nirmala Vaze's family tree is not just a patchwork of long-forgotten names and dates. There's a secret that flows through its branches: Cancer. It shows up like clockwork with every new generation. Breast, ovarian, uterine, blood, throat, prostate-you name it and it's here. It has ravaged 15 lives in …
New Delhi : In an article printed this week, British Medical Journal has raised questions about the safety of a class of “new-age” drugs touted not only as a wonder cure for type 2 diabetes but also hailed for its possible potential as a weight loss agent. The BMJ article …
MIT researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have made a breakthrough that may lead to development of artificial livers for transplantation. The scientists’ attempts at exploiting the ability of the liver to grow in the hope of producing artificial liver tissue for transplantation have repeatedly been stymied. Mature liver cells, known …
A 42-year-old UK woman has become the first in the world to give birth to a baby conceived using a pioneering IVF time-lapse photography technique to pick the best embryo. The child was conceived using a technique which monitors the growth of the embryo, to select the one which is …
New Delhi: Are mothers to be blamed for high prevalence of obesity among their offspring? This inference has acquired a degree of credibility thanks to a recent research conducted across four Indian cities — Delhi, Agra, Pune and Bangalore. The survey showed 64.8% of school-goers’ mothers overweight or obese as …
Ahmedabad: This is the kind of news smokers want to hear on World No Tobacco Day. Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA) has developed a nano fibrebased filter disc, which, when attached to the butt of a cigarette, filters almost all deadly particles. Ordinary filters at the end of cigarettes …
A candidate drug, which acts in a novel way, has shown promising results in the laboratory against advanced prostate cancer that was insensitive to reduced levels of male sex hormones, according to a paper published in Nature Communications journal. Prostate cancers initially tend to be sensitive to male sex hormones, …
Protection against H1N1 and H5N1 in mice and ferrets is expected to last for three to six months.Precious time lost in developing an effective vaccine against influenza A viruses that jump from animals to humans and spread across the world causing a pandemic is quite close to becoming history. According …
Malnutrition in children at the start of life severely impairs their learning ability affecting their literacy and then affects their earning ability later in life, according to a study commissioned by a British charity. The report has for the first time highlighted the extent to which a child’s brain can …
Researchers have developed a new oral diarrhoea vaccine which in a clinical phase I-study has shown promising results to combat the disease that kills 300,000 children per year in the developing world.Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrhoea in children.There is no ETEC vaccine available on …
New York: A pill that can mimic the beneficial effects of calorie restriction may help prevent brain aging and even prolong life span, a new study has claimed. Previous studies have suggested that sharply reducing calorie intake, by as much as 40% could slow aging in cells and may even …
The super speciality cancer institute proposed to be set up here will have in-house facilities for research, educational programmes and training of medical and para-medical personnel. The Cabinet on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for setting up the institute . The Cabinet meeting was presided over by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister …
Over 1,00,000 children, below the age of 11 months, die of diarrhoea annually in India which is the second leading killer of young children globally, after pneumonia. India accounts for the highest number of diarrhoeal deaths, a latest study has suggested. A new international study published in the latest edition …
State Wants Proactive Role In Monitoring Trials Jaipur: At least one person, on an average, died every month in Rajasthan during clinical trials in the past eight years. But the state government had no clue about these trials and the related deaths. The figures for 2005-2012 came to light when …
291 cases of serious adverse events reported Drug trials on humans in Rajasthan over the last eight years have claimed 95 lives, while 291 persons experienced serious adverse events, according to the State government's latest deposition before the Supreme Court in an ongoing public interest litigation. While informing the apex …
A PGI study has revealed the incidence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) in the Northern region is much higher than the WHO estimates. The study, which was published in the BMC infectious diseases journal in March this year, has found that the incidence of the MDRTB is 9 per cent …
15-Year-Old American Develops A Faster, Cheaper Way For Early Detection A15-year-old high school student in the US, whose uncle died of pancreatic cancer, has developed the first test for the disease that could detect tumours before they become too advanced to treat. Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate for …
Move to ensure compliance with recent guidelines; discrepancies to attract severe action The country's apex drug regulator plans periodic inspection of clinical trial sites to ensure these comply with the recently issued guidelines. If discrepancies are found, strict action is to be taken against the company and the trials might …
