Of mice and men: why animal trial results don’t always translate to humans
Ri Scarborough, Monash University Throughout the era of modern medicine, animals have been used extensively to develop and test therapies
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Month: August 2017
IIT Guwahati team creates an implantable ‘pancreas’ to treat Type 1 diabetes
The beta cells in the scaffold were able to produce adequate amount of insulin in response to different glucose levels
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ISI Kolkata discovers reptiles with horns that came 100 million years before dinosaurs
The discovery of adult reptile fossil bones without horns indicates sexual dimorphism. Scientists at the Kolkata-based Indian Statistical Institute have
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Now, more predatory journals get indexed in PubMed
The PubMed database managers have irresponsibly allowed it to become a repository of citations to predatory journal articles. Among other
Read MoreAntarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought
Hinrich Schaefer, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric The fossil fuel industry is a larger contributor to atmospheric methane levels
Read MoreLessons India has not learnt on H1N1
The high H1N1 flu toll points to a failure of the government to put necessary systems and precautions in place.
Read MoreMumbai researchers’ biomarker will tell if early-stage tongue cancer will spread
Only those patients who have higher levels of the biomarker are likely to have cancer spread to the lymph nodes.
Read MoreThe Asian Zika virus strain turns out to be more dangerous
The Asian strain showed greater ability to trigger immune suppression, which allows the virus to replicate and even possibly sneak
Read MorePreventing sepsis in newborns using probiotics
A community-based trial in Odisha finds that administrating synbiotics to newborns can halve sepsis-related deaths. That babies born by caesarean
Read MoreIISc’s copper-coated membrane makes drinking water safe
The membrane with controlled release of copper ion may turn out to be a potential candidate for water purification applications
Read MoreNo, funding for science in India or DST has not been increased to 2% of GDP
A news item published in Deccan Herald newspaper on April 7, 2017 about Indian government all set to increase research
Read MoreThe myths and facts about wine
We have seen wine drinkers swirl the glass and decant the bottle to bring out the best flavour before drinking.
Read MoreUnravelling the acute encephalitis syndrome that kills children in Gorakhpur
Based on a study carried out in 2015, a team led by Dr. Manoj V. Murhekar, Director of the Chennai-based
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