Amputation: Smokers learnt the hard way
G. Ranganathan, a 50-year-old man from Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, is one of the 44 patients whose leg has been
Read MoreBone marrow stem cell treatment saves legs
Published in The Hindu on August 6, 2009 The results of a clinical trial to save volunteers’ leg from amputation
Read MoreEditorial: Milestone in stem cell research
Published in The Hindu on August 1, 2009 Research on reprogramming adult cells to make them behave like embryonic stem
Read MoreGrowing limbal stem cells without using human scaffold
Published in The Hindu on July 30, 2009 Using stem cells present in the limbus region of eye to restore
Read MoreEditorial: Accessing publicly funded research
Published in The Hindu on July 25, 2009 In less than six months of U.S. President Barack Obama signing into
Read MoreEditorial: More transparent clinical trials
Published in The Hindu on July 24, 2009 The recent decision of the Drugs Controller General of India to make
Read MoreReboxetine: Pfizer conceals trial data
Published in The Hindu on July 9, 2009 The multinational drug company Pfizer has once again been caught in the
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Detecting breast cancer using thermal imaging
Screening to detect breast cancer early may become a reality if thermography (thermal imaging) that is in the early stages
Read MoreEditorial: H1N1 – No room for complacency
Published in The Hindu on July 21, 2009 The emergence of influenza A(H1N1) virus in humans was first detected in
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How climate change will impact agriculture
The rise in global temperature owing to climate change will affect agriculture in strikingly different ways in the lower and
Read MoreDifferent diseases pose different challenges
Published in The Hindu on June 25, 2009 Though he had studied only till eighth standard and works as a
Read MoreThalassemia cured using cord blood stem cells
Published in The Hindu on June 25, 2009 Eight-year-old Thamirabharuni and her one-year-old brother Pugazhendhi share a special kind of
Read MoreBringing more transparency to clinical trials
Published in The Hindu on June 18, 2009 Two years after the Clinical Trial Registry — India was started, the
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