Health & Medicine
Wildly heterogeneous genes
19 Sep 2013
New system uses nanodiamonds to deliver chemotherapy drugs directly to brain tumours
By By Shaun Mason | 16 Sep 2013
Researchers have developed an innovative drug-delivery system in which tiny particles are used to carry chemotherapy drugs directly into brain tumours
New method for diagnosing anaemia using microwaves could lead to new blood tests
By By Colin Smith | 11 Sep 2013
Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the US alone: study
By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 05 Sep 2013
An new study in the US reveals vehicle emissions are the biggest contributor to premature deaths
Detecting early-stage malarial infection
By By Elizabeth Dougherty | 17 Aug 2013
Genetic mutations linked to Parkinson's disease
16 Aug 2013
Messenger between gut and brain linked to eating behaviour
By By Bill Hathaway | 16 Aug 2013
New microchip sorts white blood cells from whole blood
By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 14 Aug 2013
Scientists have developed a new microchip that can quickly separate white blood cells from samples of whole blood, eliminating any preliminary processing steps to directly analyse patient blood samples for signs of inflammatory disease such as sepsis
How 'obesity gene' triggers weight gain
12 Aug 2013
Real-time MRI-guided gene therapy performed for brain cancer
08 Aug 2013
This new approach offers a precise way to deliver a therapeutic virus designed to make the tumour susceptible to cancer-killing drugs.
Minimally invasive stents show some advantage over bypass in opening blocked leg arteries
07 Aug 2013
Drug preserves beta cells in new cases of type 1 diabetes
By By Helen Dodson | 06 Aug 2013
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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.
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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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