Health & Medicine
The ongoing battle with melanoma
02 Jun 2015
Heat, dust raise toxin levels in Delhi air
01 Jun 2015
Diagnosing cancer with help from bacteria
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 30 May 2015
Researchers have devised a new way to detect cancer that has spread to the liver, by enlisting help from probiotics — beneficial bacteria similar to those found in yogurt
Study moots starting HIV treatment on detection
30 May 2015
Surprising factors determine successful aging
30 May 2015
World first as viral immunotherapy for skin cancer shows patient benefit in Phase III trial
29 May 2015
Genetically engineered virus shown to “cure” patients of skin cancer
29 May 2015
T-VEC is a modified form of herpes simplex virus type-1 which multiplies inside cancer cells and bursts them from within
Missing molecule prevents puberty
27 May 2015
Stem cell therapy for inherited skin blistering
26 May 2015
Designing better medical implants
26 May 2015
Fly-catching robot developed by Stanford scientists speeds biomedical research
26 May 2015
A team of Stanford Bio-X scientists has created a robot that expands the scope of biomedical research that can be carried out with a common laboratory organism - fruit flies
Mosquito sex change can end dengue
25 May 2015
Males aren’t relevant — at least when it comes to disease transmission by mosquitoes. A mosquito sex-determining gene could help fight dengue fever, life science researchers say
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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.
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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