Did scientists just discover the largest organ of your body?

Interstitium—fluid-filled spaces within and between tissues all over our body spaces—could be bigger than skin

Did Punjab introduce cancer vaccine based on faulty research by PGI Chandigarh?

Claims made by the professors at PGIMER have been challenged by a member of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation

How fireworks kill you: part by part

A look at the chemical composition of commonly available fireworks, their roles and physiological effects

Genetic goldmine

Scientists have discovered a gene that may hold the key to breast cancer and several other mysterious diseases

Fungal friend

Carotenoid in a fungi keeps heart diseases, cancer at bay

Industry over public health

New DoT mobile tower guidelines fall short of meeting need of the hour

Cancerous virus

Researchers believe that hepatitis virus can cause cancer

Battered Lungs

Lung cancer is a result of the deadly cocktail of smoking, air pollution and poverty

Today's Plague

Some of the most common cancers in India are directly linked to poverty

Killer with a BIAS

There is overwhelming evidence that some of the common cancers target the poor

TAIWAN

Shelling out remedies

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

Fight over Novartis's patent to intensify

Bytes

Madras HC dismisses Novartis' petition

Silk care to protect skin from UV rays

No patent linkage

Bayer’s attempt to pre-empt Cipla’s cancer drug fails

As told to Parliament (February 3, 2023): No record of number of landless agricultural labourers in India

No specific census of migrant, other landless farmers has been conducted in the country, Rajya Sabha told

Myriad gains, we all lose

The US appeals court has upheld the patents for isolated human genes, ignoring scientists’ warning that it would obstruct vital research …

Mobile radiation scare in Jaipur

Rajasthan says levels within permissible limit. Critics claim even ‘safe’ levels are harmful

Toxic Alert

In large doses, cadmium is carcinogenic. A study now shows that even chronic exposure to the heavy metal in low doses causes breast cancer. …

Poisons we live with

Book>> What’s gotten into us? Staying healthy in a toxic world • by Mckay Jenkins, Random House • US $26

Hell in Europe's back yard

Cancer and air pollution go hand in hand in eastern Europe, where an ecological nightmare is still unfolding

Environmental injustice

The poorest people in urban India live in foul environs. Research from across the world shows that the poor stand greater risks of several cancers.…

Silenced to death

The media and the government keep mum on pollution-cancer linkages and the abysmal medical help available in India against the menace