Three Zika cases reported in Ahmedabad, India in Januray 2017
The dreaded Zika virus has finally reached the Indian shores. On May 15, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Read MoreIISc team mimics nature to keep orthopaedic implants bacteria-free
Mimicking tiny features seen on insect wings and shark skin that effectively keep their surfaces free of bacteria, a team
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By Deepika Sarma Annapoorni Rangarajan, Associate Professor at the Centre for Molecular Reproduction and Developmental Genetics, Indian Institute of Science
Read MoreDiabetes drug metformin partly works by altering gut bacteria
One more study has shown that metformin that is commonly prescribed to people with Type-2 diabetes alters the gut bacteria.
Read MoreIndian researchers use a novel approach to kill TB bacteria
A team of Indian researchers has been able to achieve 100-fold reduction in TB bacterial load in lungs of mice
Read MoreWith 18 million tonnes, a remote island turns into plastic junkyard
The beaches of Henderson Island, an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean about 5,000 km away from the nearest
Read MoreEuro VI diesel emission norms can avert nearly 174,000 premature deaths
Despite tighter nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission norms for diesel cars, buses and trucks in several countries, the actual amount of
Read MoreWhen dogs become the biggest predators of livestock
Dogs might be man’s best friends but they also turn out to be livestock’s biggest predators, at least in the
Read MoreBreaking the drug-resistant TB transmission cycle important
Nearly two months after the Health Ministry set a highly ambitious target of working towards elimination of tuberculosis by 2025, a
Read MorePreterm babies don’t gain growth by early initiation of complementary food
Babies born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation) have a higher energy requirement than babies born full term and
Read MoreIndian researchers reverse multidrug resistance in E. coli
Indian researchers have unravelled the mechanism by which hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas produced by bacteria protects them from antibiotics and
Read MoreIIT Madras team produces white light using pomegranate, turmeric extract
Dr. Vikram Singh, former research scholar in the Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras won the BIRAC Gandhian Young Technological Innovation
Read MoreNovel molecule synthesised by Indian researchers shows promise in treating cancer
A novel small molecule designed and synthesised by Indian researchers has shown promise in targeted killing of cancer cells. The
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