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 …
Can the Grim Reaper wait, please?
A timeless dream: eternal youth, unblemished by illness. The search for the font of immortality has taken a late 20th century turn into what …
Small invasions
A new surgical technique that involving only small incisions has been used for removing a cyst from under the lung
There for you to see
The world's first computerised library of human anatomy has been created. Medics and medical enthusiasts can now 'virtually' handle a man or woman'…
Vice versa works
Medical researchers have used some smart molecular jugglery to target cells that lack the p53 molecule or cancer cells, to fight the scourge
Lifting heart's burden
Heart diseases have been on the rise in the recent past but now a new research says that the trends can be reversed
Bovine benefit
Chromaffin cells derived from the adrenal glands of cows have been made to secrete painkillers that have brought relief to six terminally ill patients
Introns: the war of hypotheses
Two groups experiment to uphold the tenability of one theory of genesis of introns over another, yet fail to resolve the basic questions …
Chromosomal close-ups
Discovery of a new mode of dosage compensation -- that is, how the sexes are compensated for their reduced dosage of chromosome linked genes -- …
Never give up
Spermatogonial stem cells may be the solution to long-lived fertility, feel American researchers
Gene or genie
In a bid to halt the crippling disease in its tracks, American researchers have recently experimented with gene therapy as a cure for arthritis
Work-outs that work
Medical researchers in the US now insist that previous regimens, prescribing heavy exercise for women, are actually harmful
Mental dilemma
The first symptoms of schizophrenia usually appear in the late 20's, but neuroscientists now believe that the seeds for the disease are sown …
All in the blood
The newly-discovered relation of haemoglobin to the distribution of nitric oxide in the body could lead to treatments for blood pressure related …
The answer to cancer
Cancer is a major killer, but its cause is still a -pestering mystery. Now a recent study linking carcinogens and human bodies at the molecular …
Sick of sleep
Complex modern lifestyles have disturbed the biological rhythms of the body, giving rise to a lot of diseases and forcing researchers to delve …
Hunting for cure
By identifying the proteins with which the gene responsible for Huntington's disease reacts, researchers are optimistic of finding an antidote …
Muscling in
Primary muscle cells - myoblasts - can act as synthesising agents for proteins. transplanted in the body of a patient, myoblasts could help in …
The long and short of it
The efforts of an American biologist might give science something to remember him by. Working with fruitj1ies and the CREB gene, Timothy Tully is …
Stent stunts
An improved version of a device that keeps blood vessels inflated -after cholesterol deposits have been ballooned out of them - has been …
Eyeless in
Genetic engineering enables the discovery of a gene responsible for the development of the eye, suggesting new possibilities of treating defects …
Balloon benefits
Though laser seemed to be technically more advanced as a tool for removing heart blockages, a recent study shows that it cannot be trusted completely
Sleeping with the malady
Snoring may be dismissed as an irritant for the non-snorer sleeping nearby... but, watch out! For it just might be the symptom of a deadly …
Memories of grandma
Not just parents, but even the genetic makeup of our grandparents account for the traits we inherit
"Inputs of social scientists are critical"
John R Seager, research director, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa, speaks to Atanu Sarkar on interdisciplinary aspects of …