Striking at the heart
Pollution causes heart attack
Human anthrax and vultures
Asthma and ozone
Children face a greater risk
Proving its metal
A plant derivative can kill cancer cells by targeting at their high iron concentration
Nobel Prize 2023: Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman awarded for work that led to effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Kariko and Weissman eliminated critical obstacles on the way to clinical applications of mRNA, paving the way for speedy development of mRNA …
AI for drug development: How trustworthy is the tech?
Pharma companies today deploy artificial intelligence with a potential to reduce the drug development cycle by half
Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo gets Medicine Nobel for his contributions to paleogenomics
Pääbo sequenced of the entire genome of Neanderthals; he also discovered the previously unknown hominin, Denisova
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
Medicine Nobel 2021 to Julius and Patapoutian for work on stimuli and nerve impulses
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian discover heat receptors and ion channels that further our understanding on pain
Dearth of doctors: Odisha lets pharmacists prescribe meds from a list
As many as 1,286 posts of doctors of the 8,729 sanctioned for government hospitals are vacant.
Lassa fever: Why there’s a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria
The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa’s most populous nation to be declared a …
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.
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 …
Protected by pregnancy
A protein produced by pregnant women is found useful in preventing the development of skin tumours
The red tape vs Kanis
The forest department reserves the right to conserve arogyapacha, and prevents Kanis from selling it outside
The miracle-makers
Scientists are only now finding out the Kanis' knowledge of herbal remedies. The most outstanding find so far is arogyapacha
Super aspirin makes a debut
For those suffering with heart diseases, scientists just found drugs that are more effective than aspirin
The minimum radioactive dose for treating thyroid cancer
The approach to treating thyroid cancer has changed over time. One method is using radioactive iodine to kill left over cells after surgically …
Common heart medication less effective in south Asian people – new research
Clopidogrel may not be effective for many British south Asians
WHO strongly recommends COVID-19 pill Paxlovid for high-risk populations
Paxlovid may prevent more hospitalisations than its alternatives
Henrietta Lacks, whose cells led to path-breaking medical advances, receives posthumous WHO award
The scientific community hid her race and story for years
Not so much of a devil
Reducing anaemia
Bad company
One defective eye can spoil the other. Early detection and treatment helps