Health & Medicine
Why some tumours withstand treatment
16 Mar 2016
New SARS-like virus poised to infect humans; researchers
16 Mar 2016
The newly identified virus, known as WIV1-CoV, readily and efficiently replicates in cultured human airway tissues, suggesting an ability to jump directly to humans
Researchers grow functional heart in lab
15 Mar 2016
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have been able to grow functional heart tissue using stem cells created from skin cells
Main ingredient of Splenda linked to leukemia in new study
15 Mar 2016
Research at the Ramazzini Institute had revealed that Splenda substantially increased the risk of leukemia and other cancers
World's first soft-robotic surgery on a human body
14 Mar 2016
Once inserted into the body through a small incision in the abdomen, the robot provides surgeons with unparalleled video feedback from inside the body, making it ideal for abdominal surgery
Screening cardiac drugs that also attack cancer
14 Mar 2016
Health drink proves its claim to help Alzheimer’s patients
12 Mar 2016
A daily drink which manufacturers say can ‘manage’ Alzheimer’s disease does actually stop the brain from shrinking, a two-year clinical trial has shown
First US uterus transplant fails
10 Mar 2016
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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