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Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007U.S. citizens Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies and Sir Martin J. Evans of Britain won […]
Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007
U.S. citizens Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies and Sir Martin J. Evans of Britain won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a technique for manipulating mouse genes.
Indian biomedical research gets British funding
Biomedical research in India has received a shot in the arm with the Wellcome Trust, Britain’s largest health charity, entering into an agreement with the Indian government’s biotechnology department to fund cutting-edge research.
Portable machine to detect bird flu outbreak in ‘two hours’
Scientists are on track to create a mobile machine that would identify strain of bird flu within hours, a development that would make it possible to set up exclusion zones before the deadly virus could spread.
Five lakhs children have liver disease in Britain
Doctors say obesity levels are now so high that children are commonly suffering signs of disease more commonly associated with alcohol abuse, meaning many will go on to develop cirrhosis, with some requiring liver transplants.
INDIA UPDATE
Fortis HealthWorld to improve the health of rural India Fortis HealthWorld, the one stop healthcare retail chain in India, has […]
Sex addiction as a genuine mental disorder
American Psychiatric Association (APA) is going to include Sex addiction in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the as a genuine mental disorder.
DCGI Banned Vicks Action 500 and D Cold
Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has banned popular medicines, declaring them
Stem cells play a Role in Spread of Tumours
Scientists have found that Stem cells frequently play a crucial role in the spread of tumours.
Online DNA test service in Europe funded by Google
A private firm funded by Google Inc has recently launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe, hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the USD 999 service went on sale in November.
Stem cell therapy found for leukaemia
In a ray of hope for millions of leukaemia patients, American scientists have claimed to have developed a technique which multiplies the small number of stem cells in the donor blood, making it much more potent for the treatment of the fatal disease.
Private firms to open medical colleges
Private sector healthcare companies have been allowed by the Medical Council of India to start medical colleges to address the shortage in the number of seats.
25,000 Indian-origin British doctors to return to India
Nearly 25,000 British doctors of Indian origin are set to return to India within two to four years to join the seven AIIMS-like institutions proposed to be set up by the central government.
