Glue ingredient produces large quantity blood stem cells in lab
The finding paves way for eliminating the need of radiation and chemotherapy in people with blood cancers such as leukaemia and blood disorders, …
Despite huge cancer burden, India has only 0.4 million blood stem cell donors
The demand and supply gap is widening as people don’t register themselves as donors due to lack of awareness about the issue
Limits for human embryo research have been changed : This calls for public debate
The new regulation makes it possible to conduct research on human embryos that are at more advanced stages of development
Book review: Here's a brief history of medical research in the field of cancer
A Harvard oncologist takes Minti Jain, a cancer survivor, down memory lane as she finds moments of overlap
Scientists identify protein that aids in cancer relapse
Cancer stem cells that lack expression of NKG2D-L on their surface survive chemotherapy as well as escape the body's immune defence
Indian scientists find out how zika virus causes microcephaly in infants
A certain protein of zika virus affects proliferation rates of human neural stem cells and promotes faulty neuron formation
In a first, scientists turn cancer cells into fat in mice
Study, which ‘stopped’ cancer metastasis in mice, holds big implications for future research and treatments
Malady to miracle: Leprosy bacteria grows liver in armadillos, gives hope for human organ regeneration
Study finds bacteria of the chronic infectious disease reprogrammed certain cells into ‘stem-like cells’
We grew human tear glands in the lab, and now we’re making them cry
Around 5% of the adult population suffer from ‘dry eye’ syndrome because their tear glands don't function properly
New injectable hydrogel may improve stem cell uptake
Researchers from the Mohali-based Institute of Nanoscience and Technology have devised a method to encapsulate adult stem cells, called …
Cancer growth in the body could originate from a single cell – target it to revolutionise treatment
Researchers identify and isolate cells within different cancerous growths, called the “cell of origin”
‘Stem cells – more hype than hope’
Scientific community calls for more stringent regulation of basic stem cell research and clinical trials
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Ancient GPS? Older, evolutionarily unchanged part of the brain guides lost fish back home
This part of the brain might perform a similar function in other vertebrates, including humans
‘Policies will infuse objectivity in health research’
Several health and research policies in the country are either in draft stage or just recommendatory in nature. This hampers regulation of …
HIV/AIDS cured through stem-cell transplant in London
Scientists are not sure how the mechanism works
US scientists engineer stem cells capable of killing cancer
cells killed cancer cells by secreting toxins, without harming healthy cells
Stem cell dilemma
How clinics use embryonic therapy not approved by ICMR
Ban on stem cell patents which involve destroying human embryos
Researchers call it regressive step, ethicists happy