HIV: Tamil Nadu case turns the spotlight on safe blood availability
A 23-year-old pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu tested positive for HIV after receiving a unit of blood at a government
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Month: December 2018
Delhi researchers develop an algorithm to detect rare cells
Researchers from IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi have developed an algorithm that can find rare cells from a very large
Read MorePodcast: Diagnosing krait snake venom
Anjali Anand from Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad explains how researchers from THSTI, AIIMS and IIT Indore
Read MoreIndian researchers take first step to diagnose krait snake venom
Researchers from THSTI, AIIMS and IIT Indore have found that the aptamer originally developed against alpha toxin of Bungarus multicinctus
Read MoreIIT researchers 3D bioprint load-bearing bones
Researchers from IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur have used a different approach to mimic the development biology pathway by which
Read MoreBengaluru team identifies novel mutations that influence bipolar disorder, schizophrenia
Bengaluru-based researchers have identified 42 rare mutations that influence clinical outcomes in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and psychosis. These mutations are
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Retraction saga: IIT Dhanbad faculty learnt to reuse published images during their doctoral programme
Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma of IIT Dhanbad have 15 and 19 papers respectively listed on Pubpeer website. These papers
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Two dozen papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted so far, many more still under a cloud
Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma, Assistant Professors at IIT Dhanbad, have so far collected over 24 retractions. And many
Read MorePodcast: Increasing Li-ion battery’s capacity, charging speed
Kingshuk Roy of IISER Pune explains how the novel anode made of silicon-phosphorene mixture for use in Li-ion batteries has
Read MorePodcast: How progesterone protects breast cancer patients unravelled
Dr. Amit Dutt of ACTREC-Tata Memorial Centre explains how progesterone administered prior to breast cancer surgery helps in reducing the
Read MoreIISER Pune’s novel anode increases Li-ion capacity, quickens battery charging
IISER Pune researchers have fabricated a novel anode made of silicon-phosphorene mixture for use in Li-ion batteries. The anode has
Read MoreTMC team unravels protective mechanism of progesterone in breast cancer patients
Tata Memorial Centre researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which a single injection of progesterone administered prior to breast cancer
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