Science & Technology - Briefs

Flourishing unaided

The AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating with five million new cases reported in 2001

Double standards

The US government procures generic drugs for anthrax from a non-patent holder

A bitter dose

Multinational drug firms gang up against a company that wants to produce cheaper generics

Will HIV bill reach House?

Savour the tang: Manipur’s heimang is a versatile ingredient in Asian cuisines and packs a nutritional punch

Despite its extraordinary versatility, heimang has not yet found widespread commercial use

New, more virulent HIV strain reported in the Netherlands 40 years after pandemic began

The new HIV variant is a cause for concern since these are figures for a country with high awareness about and monitoring of the disease

Designer babies can lead to growth of homogenous individuals

A Chinese researcher has claimed that he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies but the development may come at a heavy cost

Disease caused by reduced blood supply to heart now biggest health scare in India

Ischemic heart disease is biggest reason for deteriorating health of men as well as women, says a study

Seminars promote patents

Cipla puts US law school on notice     

Disease that never was

AIDS: THE FAILURE OF CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE·Neville Hodgkinson·£17.99· Fourth Estate, London

What caused HIV/AIDS to explode?

Social forces drive viral pandemics, say scientists

Three-in-one offer

Protests against Abbott laboratory in Bangkok

A bad example from the US

A public sector technology transfer bill focuses exclusively on patenting

Poor access to healthcare hits HIV eradication goal

UNICEF says its global goal of reducing new HIV infections in children by 90 per cent between 2009 and 2015 is still out of reach

Bureaucracy has no idea about health care trends

T Jacob John , professor of virology and paediatrics at Christian Medical College, Vellore, speaks to Raj Kishor Khaware on the state of health …

Tackling a menace

VIRUS: THE CO-DISCOVERER OF HIV TRACKS ITS RAMPAGE AND CHARTS THE FUTURE·Luc Montagnier, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)· W W …

The new rule

Of the people. By the people. But against the people?

Patents Vs Patients

WTO's conundrum: cheap drugs for poor countries or protecting North's business interests

Withdrawal symptoms

Drug firms abandon their case against South Africa over the pricing of AIDS medicines

Aided by war

AIDS may rise in Pakistan

Bytes

Death rate has declined globally since 2006

The leading causes of global deaths declined by 30% in just a decade, says a latest study, which is the world’s largest scientific …

Palliative care not available for majority in developing countries: WHO

Only 20 countries across the world have palliative care well integrated into their health-care systems, says report