Aid to AIDS treatment

A common virus can help in preventing the growth of a HIV variant

Strength of dilution

The more times a homoeopathy remedy is diluted, the more potent it becomes, proves research

New anthrax medicine

Patented stars

Famous people may patent their DNA

Viral cure

The killer tracked

Trials of errors

Viability of gene therapy doubted with the discovery that it has led to leukaemia

Cancer cure for sure

An out-of-body operation stirs interest

Pollen count

To help asthmatics in Chennai

Ta, rabies

Unique vaccine ready for trials

Stand at ease

Squat and get a stroke

Cellular signal

Of an impeding asthma attack

Resisting arrest

Typhoid bacterium resilient to antibiotics

Autonomy issue

ICMR needs funds and teeth

Encephalitis vaccine soon

Ready for clinical trials

Acid that cures

Healing touch marshal

Peristent wounds need maths

A mathematical algorithm that speeds up healing

Boost to blood filters

Calcium-absorbing drug can lower kidney damage in diabetics

Strengthening the fragile

Scientists have started taking osteoporosis more seriously

Fat eases pain

Omega-3 fatty acids are good analgesics  

Towards least resistance

New strategies to combat TB

If bird flu arrives, what will India do?

India is a hotbed not only of strange diseases but of stranger disease surveillance and control institutions. Every year, known and unknown …

Mental health insurance likely to reduce stigma

Many suffering from mental disorders avoid treatment due to the stigma attached but IRDA's directive asking insurance companies to provide …

Nigeria’s missing virus hunters: University decline robs country of virologists

Nigeria should create an enabling environment for scientists to function effectively and maximally