IIT team develops nanodots to fight cancer

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2018

A group of scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has developed fluorescent carbon nanodots that can serve as theranostic i.e. therapeutic and diagnostic, agents for cance...Read more

US researchers create sensor to monitor wound healing

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Nov, 2018

A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), US has created a new sensor to map blood-oxygen levels over large areas of skin, tissue and organs. As oxygen...Read more

Precision of non-invasive blood tests depends on skin type

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Oct, 2018

Testing of blood parameters like glucose and haemoglobin levels using non-invasive devices based on light sensors is becoming popular. A new study by Indian researchers, however, has found ...Read more

Injectable gel may deliver islet cells to treat Type 1 diabetes

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Oct, 2018

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have developed an injectable gel using silk proteins to deliver insulin-producing cells needed to address Type 1 diabetes. The g...Read more

Indian plastic surgeons develop new technique for the treatment of scars, wounds

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Oct, 2018

Eminent facial plastic surgeon, Dr Debraj Shome and dermatologist Dr. Rinky Kapoor have developed a new technique to treat complex scars and surgery wounds. The new study has been publ...Read more

Researchers identify mechanism of head muscles formation in womb

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Oct, 2018

Indian researchers have identified the mechanism by which muscles above the neck, known as head muscles, are formed during development of embryo in the womb. The study, done in mice and hu...Read more

IIT-Mandi Prof identifies crucial regions within Zika Virus protein

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Sep, 2018

Studies on virus and development of antiviral drugs used to be time-consuming and complex because the virus had to be grown in the laboratory for study. The advent and advancement of bioinf...Read more

India, US to conduct collaborative research on eye diseases

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Sep, 2018

Indian researchers will soon be able to join hands with US scientists to boost their scientific endeavour, thanks to an initiative funded jointly by the Indian and US governments. The resea...Read more

IIT-B scientists develop unique platform for lung cancer detection

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Sep, 2018

A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has developed a platform that detects volatile organic compounds such as benzene, acetone, benzaldehyde and ethano...Read more

Bengaluru team develops electrochemical sensor for biomedical research

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Sep, 2018

A team of researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, has come up with a nanocomposite material made of platinum-doped cerium oxide and cu...Read more

NICED researchers identify new anti-bacterial compound

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2018

A team of researchers from National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR-NICED), West Bengal has assessed a compound called ellagic acid against H. pylori (an antibiotic resistan...Read more

IIT-B scientists to develop effective TB treatment

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Aug, 2018

The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), along with three other renowned national institutes, is running clinical trials of a breakthrough medicine that aims at treating multi-dru...Read more

Scientists devise a technique to detect hundreds of proteins in a single sample

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2018

New technology developed by a team of McGill University scientists shows potential to streamline the analysis of proteins, offering a quick, high volume and cost-effective tool to hospitals...Read more

Researchers to develop test for Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Aug, 2018

In a recent study led by researchers at the New Delhi-based Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), a biomarker in human urine has been identified that may help develop a simple tes...Read more

Novel Clot buster to revolutionize treatment of Strokes

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2018

A new Clot buster, PEGylated Streptokinase - a Novel Biological Entity developed by Dr. Girish Sahni, DG, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR and his team of inventors at CSIR-Institute of Microbial T...Read more

Research team offers new clues to understanding epilepsy

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Aug, 2018

New therapies could be on the horizon for people living with epilepsy or anxiety, thanks to a breakthrough discovery by UNLV, Tufts University School of Medicine, and an international team ...Read more

Researchers identify genetic mutations of appendix cancer

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Aug, 2018

The rarity of appendix cancer, accounting for less than 1 percent of tumors that originate in the gastrointestinal tract, and the lack of scientific data for this disease means that current...Read more

IISERB Researchers Develop A New Method To Synthesize ADC For Cancer

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2018

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have developed a new method to synthesize antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) using the chemical ro...Read more