Reaching into the mind

Computer imaging of the human brain promises to open new vistas for medical scientists

Disease detector

Ruthenium-Iinked DNA strands can make genetic testing cheap enough to be commonly employed

Obese exposure

Detecting the body's fat deposits

Tracking tumours

A new technology could take out the agony from cancer detecting tests

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Diagnosis through breath

Bugging incursions

Predicting cancer

Cheaper H1N1 kits to hit market

Indian companies develop detection kits for swine flu

Imaging interiors

An unexplored region of the electromagnetic spectrum is to be exploited for imaging

Bloody disclosure

Lethal and tiny air pollutants can reach deep into human bloodstream

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Break the resistance

India’s TB control programme needs to engage the private sector

Proof in the pee

Simple urine test can help identify Kawasaki disease

Zika could cost Latin America, Caribbean countries $18 billion by 2018

In some countries, the total cost of Zika could exceed two per cent of their GDP

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Detecting proteins

MRI scan gets sharper

New MRI offers five times more accurate breast cancer scans

Cancer research goes 3D

3D cell cultures may help understand the disease better

A nano cure for cancer

Early detection made possible

Know as it pains

iSens diagnoses heart attack in less than 10 minutes

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10-minute typhoid test

New technique can also detect the disease in early stages

Lab's labour lost

Products designed by premier scientific institutions fail to find the pulse of the market

Low-cost, faster test for chikungunya