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ARCHAEOLOGY Dino with a horn

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TECHNOLOGY Sound, light and gold

Nano-sensor

IT TAKES over Rs 10,000 and over 24 hours to detect the presence of chikungunya, dengue or H1N1 virus in the body. US scientists have developed a biosensor that could detect viruses in 30 minutes and would cost about a dollar (Rs 45).

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Diagnosis in two hours

TUBERCULOSIS has been on the rise globally, and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis even more so. Of the estimated 9.4 million cases worldwide, around half a million are drug resistant.

Cheaper H1N1 kits to hit market

THREE Indian organisations have successfully developed H1N1 detection kits which give results in an hour and cost between 1,000 and 2,000.

Traced, scanned, illuminated

RUSHATI SARKAR is a final year graduate student in Kolkata. Since her mother succumbed to vaginal cancer, she fears a similar fate. She also abhors the idea of going for invasive tests. Fortunately for her, scientists at the Stanford School of Medicine in USA could not have made their discovery any sooner.

Strip tease

Even  though India is the diabetes capital of the world, few use medical devices for self-monitoring of blood glucose levels. Patients of type 1 diabetes, which is genetic, require regular monitoring.

A bad example from the US

India has played a crucial role in making essential medicines available and affordable for patients in the developing world through generic drugs. This has been possible by linking India’s patent policies and laws to public interest.

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GENETICS Godplayer The question the world is asking is should scientists be allowed to play God? US researchers have recreated the blueprint of life—an achievement of such dimensions that it has been hailed as a landmark victory.