IISc researchers find a novel, cheaper way to prevent sepsis
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore have demonstrated a cheap and efficacious way of neutralising bacterial endotoxins
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A novel compound prevents, cures malaria
In a pathbreaking discovery, scientists from New Delhi’s International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Broad Institute of MIT and
Read MoreTB: DOTS therapy offered by RNTCP should be more flexible
If there is already a long delay before TB patients in India start treatment, the Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS)
Read MoreIndian researchers use a novel drug to inhibit skin cancer in mice
Researchers at the Pune-based National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) have been successful in isolating cancer stem cells that cause
Read MoreZika vaccine trials on monkeys show promise
Tests involving three different kinds of Zika vaccines on rhesus monkeys have produced good immune responses and caused no adverse
Read MoreA novel, powerful antibiotic found inside human nose
A novel antibiotic — lugdunin — produced by a bacterium found inside the human nose has been found to kill
Read MorePotential drug target identified for Zika virus
At a time when no vaccines or therapeutic drugs are available against Zika and other diseases caused by flaviviruses, researchers
Read MoreHyping up the benefits of private cord blood banking
A first-of-its-kind study carried out in India, published on May 26 in the journal PLOS ONE, has revealed that the
Read MoreWhy Indians, SE Asian Malays respond differently to some drugs
A couple of years after successfully mapping the genetic variants associated with differential responses to two widely used drugs —
Read MoreIISc: A novel way to reduce cell damage found
Preliminary studies have shown a way to reduce cell damage and blunt the effect of one of the factors responsible
Read MoreSearch for AIDS vaccine continues even as Luc Montagnier wins the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Dr. V.D. Ramanathan, Senior Deputy Director at TRC, Chennai and the Principal Investigator of the Phase I AIDS
Read MoreNobel Prize Medicine: Robert Gallo who claimed to have discovered HIV causes AIDS snubbed by the Nobel Prize committee
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine announced today gave the American fraudster Dr. Robert Gallo the snub that was
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