Focus on quality at Jeevan Stem Cell Bank
After setting out a 70:30 ratio for storing public and private cord blood units when it started collecting units in
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Pakistan’s polio plan needs global support
After a year of relative success, the polio eradication drive in Pakistan received a setback on Wednesday (January 13) when a
Read MoreAn Ebola cloud with a silver lining
At the height of West African Ebola epidemic in 2014, the medicine chest was all but empty; no approved drug
Read MoreIIT Madras: designer alloys by chemical reactions
Nothing whatsoever will happen if large chunks of silver and gold kept in proximity even for infinite period. But the
Read More‘India should show leadership in TB research’
With a $9.1 million funding in 2014 by several Indian government agencies, India is ranked fifth in the world with
Read MoreLab-grown vocal cord tissue
For the first time, scientists have successfully grown vocal cord tissue in the lab that can produce sound when transplanted
Read More‘India’s fight against TB lacks punch’
“TB is the leading infectious killer, yet countries still follow old and dangerous [TB diagnostic and treatment] polices,” MSF Access
Read More‘Child-friendly paediatric TB drugs will be a game changer’
Treating young children afflicted with drug-sensitive TB disease will no longer be the same. After years of neglect, the availability
Read MoreChild-friendly TB drugs launched
For the first time, child-friendly TB drugs for first-line medication in a fixed-dose combination was launched by TB Alliance, UNITAID
Read MoreAlas, topical steroids sold as over-the-counter drugs
Corticosteroids can be sold in India only on production of a registered medical practitioner’s prescription as they are included in
Read MoreIPV vaccine boost to India’s polio fight
After nearly five polio-free years, and with the launch of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) injection in the national immunisation
Read MoreChennai city’s new strategy to eliminate TB
Thanks to the Zero TB Cities project, if everything works to plan, Chennai may drastically reduce TB mortality, shrink the
Read MorePhilae: one year on comet 67P
On November 12, it was a year since Philae made its historic landing on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta arrived at
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