Lethal lactation

Algae fat

Organ piggybank

Genetically engineered pigs could substitute human organ donors

Rock deaf

Green medicine

The risk of cancer can be reduced by eating substantial amount of vegetables and fruits

Pregnancy and longevity

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Cool cancer treatment

The cold virus could help patients undergoing chemotherapy

The hole truth of cigarettes

Death logs

Workers in the wood industry face higher risk of cancer

Smoking unabated

Women in the US continue to puff one too many

DNA to test carcinogens

Chips made of DNA strands can detect carcinogenic chemicals

Checking leukaemia

Stockpiling safeguards

Export controversy

Sri Lanka struggles to protect rare anti-diabetes herb

Leafy solution

Foliage helps check fluorosis

African Union imposes historic ban on cruel donkey skin trade

Donkeys are critical to millions of people and are important for poverty eradication; Brazil to follow suit

In almost 4 decades, 400 US veternarians killed themselves, says study

It also reveals that veternarians are up to 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population with different occupations

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman’s work on mRNA vaccines wins Nobel Prize for Medicine 2023

Such vaccines have saved millions of lives and prevented severe disease in many more, allowing societies to open and return to normal conditions

Wastewater is a valuable source of information — Africa’s scientists need to use it to find drug-resistant bacteria

Once sewer networks are in place, standardised protocols for assessing antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment plants must be established

On the comeback trail

The scientific community is trying hard to combat communicable diseases which have made a comeback

Face off with cancer

It's simple. Cut the face out, remove the tumour, and put the face back on. Surgeons are doing it in Hong Ko

Wings of change

Researchers are trying to end malaria at its very root: by genetically modifying mosquitoes that carry the disease

Losing jobs in the jungle

Irula tribals are rich in the knowledge of traditional medicine. They used to catch snakes and practise herbal medicine for a living. Today they …

Seven new cases of Kala-azar reported in one week in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur

Eighteen cases have now been reported in the district this year, casting serious doubt on the government’s plan to eradicate it next year