IISc researchers’ quest to make a common antibiotic more effective against TB
Bacteria develop resistance against a drug only when they are exposed to it or when the drug is misused. But
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Mumbai: Chicken, ready-to-eat moong beans laden with drug-resistant bacteria
There is greater risk when antibiotic-resistant bacteria are found in mung sprouts, as they are consumed raw, says Onkar Naik
Read MoreIIT Guwahati team succeeds in regenerating damaged nerve
Rats with regenerated sciatic nerve exhibited significantly better walking pattern. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have
Read MoreCheaper TB diagnostic test developed in India enters final validation stage
A cheaper, locally developed molecular diagnostic test, Truenat MTB, for drug-sensitive and rifampicin-resistant TB is entering the final leg of
Read MoreSun Pharma, NIV to jointly test drugs for Zika, chikungunya and dengue
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune signed an agreement for testing phytopharmaceutical, biologic and
Read MorePrior infection with dengue does not increase Zika disease severity
Dengue virus has four serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4) and while infection by one serotype results in lifelong immunity
Read MoreIISER Pune researchers produce a novel drug-delivery system to kill cancer cells
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune have developed a novel cancer drug-delivery system using
Read MoreFlat lying posture doesn’t do much for stroke treatment
There is no significant difference in the disability outcomes for patients who have suffered acute stroke, whether they received treatment
Read MoreIISc’s blood cancer drug shows early promise
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru have synthesised a small molecule that shows a degree of promise
Read MoreCCMB develops a novel drug-delivery system for treating keratitis eye infection
Scientists at the Hyderabad-based CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) have developed a novel drug-delivery system for treating fungal
Read MoreNearly 50% of diabetics identified in 14 Indian States unaware of their condition
A large community-based study involving over 57,000 adults from 14 States and a Union Territory (Chandigarh) in the country has
Read MoreBharat Biotech has begun chikungunya vaccine Phase I trial
The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has begun a Phase I human clinical trial of the indigenously developed chikungunya vaccine three months
Read MoreWolbachia-infected mosquitoes less capable of spreading Zika, chikunguya
With conventional vector controlling measures against dengue- and Zika-causing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes failing, several countries have started caged and even
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