Genetic therapy cures thalassaemia
Nearly 10,000 children born every year in India suffer from thalassaemia major, an inherited disease that is caused by an
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Year: 2016
Drug-resistant bacteria protect the vulnerable microbes
Published in The Hindu on September 2, 2010 The long-held notion on how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics stands challenged.
Read MoreEditorial: Ideology ruins science
Published in The Hindu on September 7, 2010 Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research in the United States has hit
Read MoreEditorial: Shrinking Moon
Published in The Hindu on August 28, 2010 After last year’s discovery of traces of water across the surface of
Read MoreUncertainty over mega science projects in Europe
Published in the Hindu on August 26, 2010 It was never a question of whether but when the funding for
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The threat of superbug NDM-1
Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae strains resistant to carbapenem, a powerful antibiotic, and one of the last lines of treatment for infections caused
Read MoreAll authors ‘approved final version’ of superbug report: Lancet
Published in The Hindu on August 15, 2010 All the authors, including the Indian researchers, involved in the project approved
Read MoreFirst use of stone tools pushed back by 8 lakh years
Published in The Hindu on August 12, 2010 So when did hominins (members of human lineage) start using stone tools
Read MoreEditorial: A timely effort
Published in The Hindu on August 9, 2010 If the number of species that live on land is not fully
Read MoreSponge species sheds light on animal evolution
Published in The Hindu on August 5, 2010 What is so unique about sea sponges that scientists should care to
Read MoreEditorial: Long-acting insulin
Published in The Hindu on August 4, 2010 With animal studies trying out a single injection of a large assembly
Read MoreCholesterol: low HDL level not a risk?
Published in The Hindu on July 22, 2010 The more the high density lipoprotein (or HDL) cholesterol, or good cholesterol
Read MoreEditorial: Welcome Studsat
Published in The Hindu on July 22, 2010 Thirty-five undergraduate students from seven engineering colleges, four in Bangalore and three
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