The track of a single sperm cell with a bent tail, in two dimensions (left) and three dimensions (right). Credit: Biomedical Optics Express. Scientists have developed the first 3-D...
As per researchers at Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly, the infection caused by the Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) is killing endangered tigers, red pandas and lions in the country. The...
Dr. Michiaki Takahashi (85), a Japanese virologist, who developed a vaccine for the chicken pox virus passed away. Dr. Takahashi developed his vaccine by growing live but weakened versions of...
Indian scientists have discovered a pill form of insulin treatment, so now diabetes patients would be spared from the pain of jabbing themselves with a needle every day....
The researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have decoded the oldest DNA ever found. They have almost completely decoded the mitochondrial DNA...
Scientists at Purdue University (USA) are working on technology that could replace passwords used in computer with biometrics such as iris and fingerprint scans. As per experts, iris...
Britain’s pharmaceutical giant GaxoSmithKline (GSK) has successfully conducted the trial of the RTS,S vaccine developed by the company. In the results of the trial it was found that...
The Nobel committee has announced the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. The Prize has been awarded to three scientists, James E. Rothman, Randy...
India launched its first fully indigenously produced vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis (JE), a mosquito-borne viral infection that affects the central nervous system. The vaccine named JENVAC has been...
The Supreme Court directed government to put in place a mechanism to monitor the clinical trials of untested drugs on humans. The Centre has been directed by the...
