Number of antibiotics, investment not sufficient to minimise threat of wide-spread infection
Of the 12 antibiotics companies that have gone public in the past 10 years, only 5 are still active today
Extend research from labs to the land: Modi at 105th Indian Science Congress
Modi said that it is time for India to reclaim its rightful place among frontline nations in science
No formula food for premature babies, they too need mother’s milk: study
A study conducted at AIIMS busts the myth that babies born prematurely need complementary food
UK fertility clinics offering unverified add-on services
A research paper finds that only 13 of 74 clinics substantiated the claims on their websites
What to do about Liberia's island colony of abandoned lab chimps?
These chimpanzees were intentionally infected with hepatitis and other pathogens to help develop a range of vaccines
Medical draft Bill will commercialise education, say doctors
NITI Aayog is championing privatisation and commercialisation of medical education in India, says the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare
Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1
The state government had set an August-end deadline for setting up the oxygen generation plants
COVID-19: World scrambles to procure dwindling medical supplies
India will need at least 27 million N95 masks, 1.6 million diagnostic kits in coming months, according to GlobalData
Software outsmarts drug research
Now, a programme can bypass patented drug pathways and create synthetically-produced medicines
Measles-Rubella vaccine deaths give Uttar Pradesh a scare
The state administration has appealed to the Indian Medical Association to spread awareness about the vaccine and help reduce fear
Drug research for children lags behind that for adults; WHO steps in to change it
Bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, neonatal sepsis, and gastrointestinal infections, are the leading causes of death among children worldwide
COVID-19: ICMR study hints a quarter of India may be affected
Mathematical modelling indicates worst-case scenario may take death toll to 0.7 mln
Centre overrules Supreme Court directive on combined medical entrance test
The latest Union government’s rule intends to allow the states to conduct their own medical entrance exams for the current academic year
Selling God's secrets
After 20 years of scepticism, increasing sales have finally convinced industries that genetic engineering holds the key to the future.
Ayurveda offers remedy for failing memory
After yielding successful formulations like Liv. 52 and Guglip, Ayurveda now holds out promise of a new range of drugs to treat mental disorders.
The ACD of malaria control
With the discovery that not all four anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria, programmes to control the disease need fresh appraisal
Visionary
Blind terror: 80 per cent of the world's sightless are in the developing world, and the number will double by the turn of the century. Carl …
Righting the target
Clearer understanding of an enzyme's role could lead to pain killers with less acute side-effects
Taking a short cut
A new method of drug development which expedites the lengthy process of scanning thousands of possible combinations, could lower drug prices …
Winning laurels
A new method for discovering important chemicals that could damage the nervous system gains a US patent for its inventors
Super aspirin makes a debut
For those suffering with heart diseases, scientists just found drugs that are more effective than aspirin
Deceptive bug behind Andhra disease
A seemingly harmless germ has been on a killing spree. This is what has been detected by the National Institute of Virology in respect of the …
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Bihar initiates PPP model cancer treatment
Modern oncology centre with all treatment and diagnosis facilities envisaged in Patna Medical College in first phase