Health & Medicine
Divorce could lead to high blood pressure: study
21 Jul 2014
More than glitter: gold nanoparticles for drug delivery
By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 21 Jul 2014
A special class of tiny gold particles can easily slip through cell membranes, making them good candidates to deliver drugs directly to target cells
Mutation stops worms from getting drunk
17 Jul 2014
Getting delirium tremens? A worm could help you kick the bottle
17 Jul 2014
In a potential breakthrough for the treatment of alcohol addiction, scientists have produced mutant worms that do not get intoxicated by alcohol, which could lead to new drugs to treat alcohol addiction.
3-D computer model may help refine target for deep brain stimulation therapy for dystonia
17 Jul 2014
Novartis, Google tie-up to license “smart lens” technology
16 Jul 2014
Novartis has tied-up with Google to licence its “smart lens” technology for ocular medical uses
New research reveals how cannabis compound could slow tumour growth
16 Jul 2014
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have shown how the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis could reduce tumour growth in cancer patients
Sleep disorders raise risk of dementia: Study
14 Jul 2014
Global warming associated with higher incidence of kidney stones
14 Jul 2014
A new study suggets higher temperatures increase the risk of kidney stones in people predisposed to stone formation
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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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