Combating cancer

Two new ways for speedy and painless cancer treatment

Relaying remedy

Carried to safety

Sounds of silence

From battling cancer, to curing fractures in no time at all... Ultrasound is coming of age

Byte solution for the heart

Doctors may soon use hi-tech computers for the diagnosis of heart patients

Sore success

Virus scan

A new, cancer screening technique developed

Free air flow

Cell phone now a lab too

3-D diagnosis

Nano-sensor

New tool to detect viruses quickly at low cost

Diagnosis in two hours

A rapid test for pulmonary tuberculosis makes detection more efficient

Breath test for B12

It detects vitamin B12 deficiency accurately, quickly

Lighting up tumours

New chemical compounds have made radiographic imaging for tumour detection cheaper

AIDS researcher aquitted of misconduct charge

Simplifying detection

Mutated future?

Is gene therapy really safe? Though most say yes, no one is absolutely sure

For stability

For better imaging

The development of a new material will improve ultrasound techniques

Monitoring GM foods

Accord on global management of biotech foodstuffs

A simple device

But the invention of the stethoscope revolutionised medical diagnosis

Traced, scanned, illuminated

Fear of invasive tests leads to a novel way of cancer detection  

Treatment of sexually transmitted infections getting tougher due to antimicrobial resistance

World Health Organization has now issued new guideines for three such infections

Quick trick

Candida can now be detected in blood in just three hours

Curbing TB still a challenge

As WHO bans blood test, scientists explore advanced diagnostic technologies