Brainy inheritance

Messy state(s)

Gendicine's hire

It is a gene therapy for cancer

In a hole

Dengue grips Bangalore

Maladjusted

Modifying mosquitoes to fight malaria proves unsuccessful

Database of potential bioweapons

A simple device

But the invention of the stethoscope revolutionised medical diagnosis

Group defence

Diverse blood types evolved to provide immunity against infections

Its TB, said the giant rat

Stem the danger

Government evolving guidelines for stem cell treatment

Adept at adaptation

Human genes are evolving with changing environment

Listen to what the brain whispers

Interest in Physics research low among students in sub-Saharan Africa

Lack of encouragement, low awareness about career paths and professional opportunities are key obstacles

Novel Therapy

Bimal K Banik is President’s Endowed Professor and professor of chemistry at College of Science and Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan …

Testing time

Biosensor, a new technique of chemical analysis, can test water quality, food safety, and much more in no time with remarkable accuracy

Access denied

Doctors are withholding HIV therapy from some patients fearing their irresponsibility could harm others

ICMR releases new draft guidelines on bio-medical research involving children

Children’s nod would be compulsory for making them part of any clinical trials, say guidelines

ICMR releases guidelines for artificial intelligence use in the health sector

Guiding document outlines 10 key patient-centric ethical principles for AI application in health sector 

First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem

We believe monkeys to have lower moral status than humans; but what about human-monkey chimeras?

Antimicrobial resistance has a huge economic impact too

An additional 24 million people, most of them in poor countries, will be forced into poverty by 2030 due to costs of hospital visits arising out …

2 of 3 child deaths in India due to malnutrition: Report

Children under 5 in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and Rajasthan worst-hit, finds study of 2017 data by ICMR, PHFI and NIN

Cancer now kills more than double the Indians it did in 1990

An ICMR study finds that while 3.82 lakh cancer patients died in 1990, the number jumped to 8.13 lakh in 2016

Making sex count

In the annals of modern medicine, medical research experiments have always been sexist. The tide is finally turning

Helping those in need: AIIMS 'adopt a patient' scheme is pretty great

Of the 200,000 patients admitted in AIIMS every year, around 30%-40% cannot pay for daily medical needs

India's health not my worry

Thousands of Indian doctors migrate to other countries every year, while many posts remain vacant in India