Awry

India plans to root out leprosy by 2005: can it?

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Power for the future

The Institute of Plasma Research in Gujarat is working to make power generation from nuclear fusion a reality.

Molecules made to order

Restructuring molecules for specific purposes -- be it symmetry of design or to develop medicinal drugs -- has come of age in India.

Speeding up in the fast lane

India's largest particle accelerator installed in Delhi is a boon for scientists studying the behaviour of particles at high speeds.

A ray of hope for leprosy patients

Two groups of Indian scientists have developed anti-leprosy vaccines that they claim are also effective in helping victims recover.

Treated but not cured

Ten years after India declared itself leprosy-free, drug-resistant strains emerge. The environment facilitates the spread of the disease

Malady to miracle: Leprosy bacteria grows liver in armadillos, gives hope for human organ regeneration

Study finds bacteria of the chronic infectious disease reprogrammed certain cells into ‘stem-like cells’

Disease eradication targets: will they be met?

The Finance Minister announced that government has action plans to eliminate kala-azar by 2017 and tuberculosis by 2025, among others

Baba Amte: The inspiring gardener

The demoralizing esculent

When it was introduced in Europe, people associated the potato with disease

As told to Parliament (March 24, 2023): India has eliminated leprosy, as per WHO criterion

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Digging for diseases, past and present

Scientists are turning to ancient grave sites to unravel the mysteries of human ailments

Pill trouble

Dabur given go-ahead to market birth defect-causing drug

As told to Parliament (February 9, 2024): Cancer cases on the rise in India

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Where did leprosy originate?

Maybe in East Africa, but not in India, says a new study

Leprosy returns

Public health experts blame it on government complacency  

Bihar to launch 150-bed ‘Neglected Tropical Disease Centre’

The state accounts for 80 per cent of Kala-azar cases in India, a potentially fatal disease caused by the bite of sand flies

‘Policies will infuse objectivity in health research’

Several health and research policies in the country are either in draft stage or just recommendatory in nature. This hampers regulation of …