Biotech & pharma
New drug could cure nearly any viral infection
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 10 Aug 2011
Researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Lab have developed technology that may someday cure the common cold, influenza and other ailments.
Potential new eye tumour treatment discovered
08 Aug 2011
Brain training increases dopamine release
06 Aug 2011
Disease-causing tangle could spawn new materials
01 Aug 2011
Beefing up muscles can reduce diabetes risk
29 Jul 2011
Now, gastric bypass surgery to shed weight
27 Jul 2011
A growing number of obese patients are choosing to undergo bariatric surgery in order to lose weight
Are cancers newly evolved species?
27 Jul 2011
Tumour cells go against the flow
By By Alissa Mallinson, Mechanical Engineering | 23 Jul 2011
Microfluidic model helps explain how fluid’s flow in bodily tissue influences tumour cell migration.
Mapping of 'sixth nucleotide' in embryonic stem cells indicates it may activate genes
By By Kim Irwin | 23 Jul 2011
The finding by researchers may prove to be important in controlling diseases like cancer, in which the regulation of certain genes plays a role in disease development.
New lung cancer gene found
20 Jul 2011
The biology behind alcohol-induced blackouts
20 Jul 2011
Making blood-sucking deadly for mosquitoes
19 Jul 2011
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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