CSIR launches collaborative research for anti-TB drugs
India recently launched a unique collaborative programme to discover drugs for infectious diseases common to the developing countries.
Nano-sized ships to torpedo tumours devised
Lethal nano-sized ‘torpedos,’ deftly evading the body’s defence network, will discharge anti-cancer drugs into the heart of tumours and destroy them ruthlessly.
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.
HealthSciences Institute partners with DMAI in India
HealthSciences Institute has announced it will partner with the Disease Management Association of India (DMAI) to support the application of disease management strategies, knowledge and tools in India.
Germany warns citizens to avoid using Wi-Fi
The Environment Ministry of Germany has urged people to avoid using Wi-Fi wherever possible because of the risks it may pose to health.
PwC backs PPP in healthcare
The huge investments required to bridge the gap between the demand for healthcare and the existing supply could only be met through public private partnership, points out a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
University of Queensland develops telehealth robot
University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health
Study: slum residents live in sub-human conditions
According to survey study of around 900 people living in Chennai’s slums and pavement, 86 per cent of slum dwellers survive on one meal a day.
Climate change will hamper agriculture production
In his recent visit to M.S. Swaminathan Foundation Conference in Chennai, India, in early August, 2007, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said in a speech that climate change is likely to undermine food production in the developing world, while industrialized countries could gain in production potential. He informed that crop yield potential is likely to increase at higher latitudes for global average temperature increases of up to 1 to 3
Predictive software system may help HIV patients
A cure for the virus that causes AIDS may still be beyond our grasp, but European researchers have developed a predictive software system for HIV that could help extend the lives of victims of the killer disease.
Royal Philips Electronics announces the euHeart Project
Royal Philips Electronics announced that it will lead a new European Union (EU) funded research project called euHeart, which is aimed at improving the diagnosis, therapy planning and treatment of cardiovascular disease – one of the biggest causes of mortality in the western world.
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.
European researchers advance bone implants technology
A team of researchers from the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Applied Materials Research have developed a simulation programme calculating the internal structure and density distribution of bone material.
