Scientists are accidentally helping poachers drive rare species to extinction
Benjamin Scheele, Australian National University and David Lindenmayer, Australian National University If you open Google and start typing “Chinese cave
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Tissue-matched, unrelated donor transplants to aid thalassemics
Till recently, transplantation of haematopoietic stem cells found in the bone marrow has been the only curative option for patients
Read MoreRidiculous excuse for India’s shocking cover-up of Zika virus cases
It may well be said that the surveillance system put in place by the Health Ministry achieved a measure of success in identifying
Read MoreDon’t ignore the adults in deworming
A year after the Health Ministry started the massive public health exercise of using a single dose of Albendazole drug
Read MoreIndian researchers develop 3D bioprinted cartilage
Millions of people around the world suffer from degenerative joint diseases such as arthritis. Despite attempting for the last 30
Read MoreThree Zika cases reported in Ahmedabad, India in Januray 2017
The dreaded Zika virus has finally reached the Indian shores. On May 15, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Read MoreIISc team mimics nature to keep orthopaedic implants bacteria-free
Mimicking tiny features seen on insect wings and shark skin that effectively keep their surfaces free of bacteria, a team
Read MoreIISc: Annapoorni Rangarajan is on a quest to understand how breast cancer spreads
By Deepika Sarma Annapoorni Rangarajan, Associate Professor at the Centre for Molecular Reproduction and Developmental Genetics, Indian Institute of Science
Read MoreDiabetes drug metformin partly works by altering gut bacteria
One more study has shown that metformin that is commonly prescribed to people with Type-2 diabetes alters the gut bacteria.
Read MoreIndian researchers use a novel approach to kill TB bacteria
A team of Indian researchers has been able to achieve 100-fold reduction in TB bacterial load in lungs of mice
Read MoreWith 18 million tonnes, a remote island turns into plastic junkyard
The beaches of Henderson Island, an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean about 5,000 km away from the nearest
Read MoreEuro VI diesel emission norms can avert nearly 174,000 premature deaths
Despite tighter nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission norms for diesel cars, buses and trucks in several countries, the actual amount of
Read MoreWhen dogs become the biggest predators of livestock
Dogs might be man’s best friends but they also turn out to be livestock’s biggest predators, at least in the
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