IISc scientists design a new tool for detecting malaria

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Oct, 2017

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru have developed a new diagnostic tool for early detection of malaria. This new tool can detect the disease even in the red bl...Read more

Scientists from India and Russia design nanoparticles against cancer

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Oct, 2017

Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS), Moscow, and the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata have developed star-shaped gold nanoparticle...Read more

Harvard researchers provide a digital solution for diabetes

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Oct, 2017

A team of researchers at Harvard University have successfully trialed an artificial pancreas system that uses an algorithm on a smartphone to automatically deliver appropriate levels of ins...Read more

IIT -D researchers bank upon nanoparticles for drug delivery

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2017

A group of researchers from Centre for Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has devised a simple method for achieving controlled and sustained release of dr...Read more

IIT scientists design hybrid material for cancer diagnosis

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2017

A group of scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, Punjab, and IIT Mandi, have been working on the overexpression of biotin receptors on cancer cells and enhanced pr...Read more

Researchers at IISc develop novel method for delivering aspirin

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Oct, 2017

Scientists from an interdisciplinary team at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has come up with a novel chemical compound made of a sugar molecule called xylitol that can be...Read more

IISER Bhopal adopts new strategies to fight breast cancer

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Oct, 2017

New strategy to fight breast cancer has been recently adopted by a team of researchers led by Dr. Sanjeev Shukla from the Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Educ...Read more

New technique developed to detect microbe vibrations

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Oct, 2017

Researchers at the National institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US have devised a way of classifying bacteria based on how it vibrates. The technique, which relies on ultras...Read more

Vice President inaugurates third International Conference on Yoga

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Oct, 2017

M. Venkaiah, Vice President inaugrated the two-day ‘International Conference on Yoga for Wellness’ today at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. Shripad Yesso Nai...Read more

US scientists develop molecule to fight HIV

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Oct, 2017

Scientists at the University of California have developed a novel “kick and kill” technique against HIV that uses a molecule to awaken dormant virus cells and then knocks them o...Read more

Researchers at IISc use nanomaterials for treating Parkinson’s

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2017

A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has fabricated a metal oxide nanomaterial that is capable of mimicking all three major cellular antioxidant enzym...Read more

Scientists identify new bacterium that could be source of antibiotics

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Oct, 2017

Scientist at the National Collection of Industrial Microorganism has recently identified a new bacterium from a lime quarry in Karnataka, which shows the promise of becoming a source of ant...Read more

Caltech team develops test for identifying resistant bacteria

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Oct, 2017

A new test developed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) that identifies antibiotic-resistant bacteria in as little as 30 minutes could help turn the tide by allowing medica...Read more

Newly approved cancer drugs do not extend survival, says a study

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Oct, 2017

A research conducted by UK scientists on 48 drugs approved in Europe between 2009 and 2013, some of them in India also, show no clear evidence to prove this. The drugs approved were meant f...Read more

Child mortality dips, one million saved since 2005: study

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2017

According to the latest study published in The Lancet, India has avoided about 1 million (10 lakh) deaths of children under age five since 2005, owing to the significant reductions in morta...Read more

UK scientists develop new screening test for Ebola virus

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2017

Researchers at Northumbria University in the UK have developed a new and rapid point-of-care diagnostic test, EbolaCheck, for the detection of Ebola virus. The research is intended to aid ...Read more

IIT researchers re-define a drug for chikungunya

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Oct, 2017

A drug to treat chikungunya virus infection is in the offing, and in vitro studies carried out by a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee show promise. C...Read more

IGIB researchers propose reverse resistance mechanism for cancer drugs

Science |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Sep, 2017

Resistance to anticancer drugs is a major problem in oncology affecting a large number of cancer patients. Now, researchers at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-I...Read more