April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Health

Health

Cardiac stem cells can restore heart muscles, says study

Published in the Hindu on February 14, 2012 Infusion of cardiac stem cells into persons who suffered heart attack recently

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Health

Role of Y chromosome in inherited coronary artery disease

Published in The Hindu on February 9, 2012 Men develop coronary artery disease (CAD) approximately ten years earlier than women.

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Harmful effects of excess sugar intake

Published in The Hindu on February 2, 2012   It may not be providing any nutritional benefits, but added sugar

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Editorial: Gene therapy offers fresh hope

Published in The Hindu on December 14, 2011 While a quarter century of single-minded effort to find an efficacious HIV

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Health

100 years — Amundsen’s dash to immortality

Published in The Hindu on December 14, 2011 This day (December 14) 100 years ago, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the

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Can chimps see sounds?

Published in The Hindu on December 8, 2011 Can people be trained to associate colour with sound? A unique experiment

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Editorial: India versus TB

Published in The Hindu on October 20, 2011 Although the number of new TB cases worldwide remains a matter of

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Editorial: Necessary but not good enough

Published in The Hindu on October 3, 2011 A political declaration adopted recently by more than 30 world leaders and

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Editorial: AIDS vaccine – a ray of hope

Published in The Hindu on September 24, 2011 The search for an effective AIDS vaccine began a quarter-century ago and

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Editorial: Brief workouts count

Published in The Hindu on September 5, 2011 “I don’t have the time” can no longer be an excuse for

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Health

Underground ‘river’ is fed all along its course: Hamza

Published in The Hindu on September 1, 2011 Valiya M. Hamza has discovered a 6,000 km-long underground ‘river’ in Brazil

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A novel route to battle dengue carrying mosquitoes

Published in The Hindu on August 25, 2011 Nearly 50 million people get infected with dengue fever every year in

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Editorial: Dangerous nonsense

Published in The Hindu on August 11, 2011 There is “no strong evidence” to conclude that cutting down the amount

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