Look back at the decade: Generic drugs
Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts
Call to make healthy choices available and affordable
Health experts lash out at food industry for putting public health at risk
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'Lifestyle' diseases spur UN to act
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 7, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
For future cancer drugs, scientists find clues from outer space
They are exploring if the knowledge of microgravity can be used to develop novel ways to find new drugs
Scientists identify protein that aids in cancer relapse
Cancer stem cells that lack expression of NKG2D-L on their surface survive chemotherapy as well as escape the body's immune defence
New AI technology enhances database for cancer drug discovery
The updated database is expected to enable scientists to design new cancer treatments more effectively
Fading history of Novartis v Union of India
The 2013 landmark Supreme Court judgement offers critical lessons on the intent behind crucial aspects of India’s key patent law
Younger people are more prone to cancer, here is why
Risk factors include — highly processed foods, sugary beverages, weight, type 2 diabetes, sedentary lifestyle, sleep deprivation and …
What are these ‘cancer vaccines’ I’m hearing about? And what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?
Rather than preventing disease, these vaccines are a personalised treatment for cancer, to combat disease
Time to wake up to threat of NCDs
As the UN begins its meeting to devise strategies to tackle NCDs, Indian public health activists say it was a wake-up call for the health …
Non-communicable diseases: The unrecognised public health threat
Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a …