Zika could cost Latin America, Caribbean countries $18 billion by 2018

In some countries, the total cost of Zika could exceed two per cent of their GDP

Break the resistance

India’s TB control programme needs to engage the private sector

Proof in the pee

Simple urine test can help identify Kawasaki disease

Get a 3-6 years head start

Detecting proteins

MRI scan gets sharper

New MRI offers five times more accurate breast cancer scans

Cancer research goes 3D

3D cell cultures may help understand the disease better

A nano cure for cancer

Early detection made possible

Know as it pains

iSens diagnoses heart attack in less than 10 minutes

MONEYMAKERS

10-minute typhoid test

New technique can also detect the disease in early stages

Lab's labour lost

Products designed by premier scientific institutions fail to find the pulse of the market

Low-cost, faster test for chikungunya

A prick-free test for diabetes

Deadly deficiency

Lack of key enzyme in Asians, Africans weakens malaria fight

PREJUDICED KILLINGS

Blood row

HIV positive haemophiliacs sue US pharma giants

Easy tuberculosis detection test for children

India advances in cancer diagnosis, treatment

Device to screen patients from lung cancer

Sex-ratio gap on a constant high

Divided colours of genomics

WHO reports on the growing 'genetic divide'

New diagnostic kit distinguishes between dengue & chikungunya virus.

Diagnosis of Down's Syndrome can be more precise now

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