Biotech & pharma
CT scans significantly more effective than chest X-rays in reducing lung cancer deaths
By By Kim Irwin | 01 Jul 2011
Click chemistry creates new 'stealth' DNA links
01 Jul 2011
Researchers have developed an artificial DNA "stealth" linkage using click chemistry, a highly-efficient chemical reaction, to join together DNA strands without disrupting the genetic code
Protecting medical implants from attack
29 Jun 2011
A magic number for heart health
29 Jun 2011
Daily pill for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
22 Jun 2011
Lab-grown meat would 'cut emissions and save energy'
21 Jun 2011
Meat grown using tissue engineering techniques, so-called ‘cultured meat’, would generate up to 96% lower greenhouse gas emissions than conventionally produced meat, according to a new study
Nanoparticles disguised as red blood cells to deliver cancer-fighting drugs
By By Catherine Hockmuth | 21 Jun 2011
The method involves collecting the membrane from a red blood cell and wrapping it like a powerful camouflaging cloak around a biodegradable polymer nanoparticle stuffed with a cocktail of small molecule drugs
Swarming nanoparticles communicate to boost drug concentrations near tumours
By By Susan Brown | 21 Jun 2011
New breakthrough in high blood pressure research
17 Jun 2011
TRC researchers isolate new molecule to fight TB
16 Jun 2011
Why we are so complicated
16 Jun 2011
The complex web of protein interactions in our cells may be masking an ever-worsening problem.
"Chemobath" for colon cancer undergoes evaluation
By By Jackie Carr | 11 Jun 2011
Trapping deadly human viruses using decoys
08 Jun 2011
Major breakthrough in shrimp research at Andhra Pradesh
07 Jun 2011
The technology involves sex reversal of scampi males into functional females through microsurgical intervention and mating them with normal males to produce all-male progeny
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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
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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
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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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