April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 3, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Editorial

Editorial: Animal experiments, with safeguards

Published in The Hindu on November 5, 2005 By suggesting a relaxation of norms for clearance of animal experiments, President

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HIVHIV/AIDS

HIV: An NGO by the infected for the infected

Published in The Hindu on October 20, 2005 “We are  not the problem but part of the solution,” said K.K.

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DiabetesEditorialObesityWHOWorld Health Organisation

Editorial: A burgeoning health problem

Published in The Hindu on October 14, 2005 At a time when the World Health Organisation has predicted that the

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EditorialHIVWHOWorld Health Organisation

Editorial: Making injections perfectly safe

Published in The Hindu on September 24, 2005 The recent disclosure that nearly a third of all injections administered in

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HIVWHOWorld Health Organisation

Unsafe injections, fatal infections

Published in The Hindu on September 22, 2005 About 40 per cent of the 16 billion injections given in the

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HIVHIV/AIDSWHOWorld Health Organisation

Female condom: a prophylactic to empower women

In what may possibly be one of the most potent moves to empower women in protecting themselves from getting infected

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HIVHIV/AIDS

HIV: trial shows male circumcision cuts risk

Published in The Hindu on August 25, 2005 One more trial has shown a positive correlation between circumcision and reduced

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Cancer

Treating cancer the nanotechnology way

Published in The Hindu on August 4, 2005 The battle against cancer has entered a new phase and if Ram

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EditorialIGCAR

Editorial: Succeeding against all odds

Published in The Hindu on June 14, 2005 By successfully reprocessing the mixed carbide fuel used in the Fast Breeder

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CancerEditorialNature

Editorial: Cord blood banking

Seventeen years after the first successful transplantation of stem cells harvested from the umbilical cord, the use of cord blood

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DrugsMalariaNature

New antimalarial agent shows promise

Published in The Hindu on June 17, 2015 A new antimalarial compound (DDD107498) tested on mice and several mosquito species

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TuberculosisWorld Health Organisation

MDR-TB spreads less within households

Published in The Hindu on June 25, 2015 Unlike people with drug-susceptible TB, those with multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) are

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HealthPolioPublic Health

A vaccine boost to India’s polio fight

Published in The Hindu on November 29, 2015 After nearly five polio-free years, and with the launch of the inactivated

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