Ajay Devgn (Bollywood actor), Runa Laila (Bangladeshi singer) and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ( Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker) have been named as SAARC Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS ‘ for advocacy and awareness...
Dr. Hilary Koprowski (96), the Polish-born virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio. Albeit not as famous as his companion researchers Jonas Salk and Albert...
A recent study led by author Renato Zenobi of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich has revealed that: Exhaled breath is as unique for an individual as fingerprints. Unique...
Novartis AG – The Swiss drug maker’s 7-year fight to win an Indian patent for its megahit anti-cancer drug “Glivec” finished with the Supreme court dismissing the company’s appeal. What was the...
Ileal Interposition (metabolic surgery or small intestinal switch) is a new hope and a potent weapon to fight type-2 diabetes in patients. How does it work? The procedure uses a...
An Australian research has warned that Swine flu virus may be now resistant to key medicine Tamiflu, raising fears of a new outbreak may be difficult to treat....
India’s capital New Delhi has got rid of Leprosy as a public health problem, as the incidence rate of leprosy has declined from 4.5 cases per 10,000 of...
Mahaveer Golechha, a London-based Indian researcher will be honored with Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s ‘Young Investigator Scholarship Award’ at the 7th Annual Drug Discovery for Neurodegeneration Conference San...
India and other BRICS nations have decided to set up Technical Working Group (TWG) to identify best practices and models along with potential areas of mutual benefit and...
Extending more help to people who do not fall under the Below the Poverty Line (BPL) category, the Health Ministry has raised the criterion of annual income from...
