Potatoes to the rescue
Genetically engineered potatoes can help prevent diabetes and tackle diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis
Malaria cornered
The killer malarial parasite may become vulnerable if drugs that target a particular enzyme are developed
Read this properly
Recognised specifically as a brain disease uptil now, reading disorders are now linked to the language concerned
AI throws the patent system into turmoil
Artificial intelligence is overturning the conventional idea of intellectual property rights, especially in drug discovery
Bedaquiline patent win is a half victory
India’s ability to eliminate its huge TB burden by 2025 will be a test of both its patent laws and healthcare policy
Research on fundamental cell process wins Medicine Nobel 2019
William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza had described how a cell senses and adapts to the level of oxygen available
Malnutrition among tribal children
Malnutrition is unacceptably higher among India’s tribal population than other communities. Among tribal children under five, 51.1 per cent …
Fake medicine from the sea
That terrestrial species like the rhino and tiger are targeted for use in Traditional Chinese Medicine is well known. What is not is that this …
The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here's why
The symptoms of 'schizophrenia' are very real, but experts are looking for a better way to define them
Why India's local health traditions need to be formalised
Traditional healers need to be brought into the public health systems as they function in a resource-strained ecology
Scientists test ancient remedy to fight drug-resistant kala-azar
A low dose of the compound called Mahanine killed more than 90 per cent of the parasites within 48 hours
Rise in medical education fees on the cards
Prompted by a financial crunch, the ministry of health is considering raising fees in medical colleges to recover costs
Healthy yoghurt
A new kind of fibre-rich yoghurt not only tickles the gourmet palates, but also promises boosts to healthcare
Sharp eye for breast cancer
In some breast cancer cases, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provides clearer images than X-ray mammography
There for you to see
The world's first computerised library of human anatomy has been created. Medics and medical enthusiasts can now 'virtually' handle a man or woman'…
Vice versa works
Medical researchers have used some smart molecular jugglery to target cells that lack the p53 molecule or cancer cells, to fight the scourge
Lifting heart's burden
Heart diseases have been on the rise in the recent past but now a new research says that the trends can be reversed
On the dot
A magnetically guided neurosurgical technique called magnetic stereotaxis could enable the performance of delicate brain surgery without …
Bovine benefit
Chromaffin cells derived from the adrenal glands of cows have been made to secrete painkillers that have brought relief to six terminally ill patients
Never give up
Spermatogonial stem cells may be the solution to long-lived fertility, feel American researchers
Gene or genie
In a bid to halt the crippling disease in its tracks, American researchers have recently experimented with gene therapy as a cure for arthritis
Work-outs that work
Medical researchers in the US now insist that previous regimens, prescribing heavy exercise for women, are actually harmful
Mental dilemma
The first symptoms of schizophrenia usually appear in the late 20's, but neuroscientists now believe that the seeds for the disease are sown …
Watch your waistline
Hormone replacement therapy after menopause could lower the risk of getting heart diseases, advocates' a new study
The answer to cancer
Cancer is a major killer, but its cause is still a -pestering mystery. Now a recent study linking carcinogens and human bodies at the molecular …