An U.S. researcher has developed a genetically engineered potato that could offer protection aginst food poisoning and diarrhoea. Eating the 'vegetable vaccine' produces an immune response which is

The role of thrombolytic therapy in treating patients of heart attack was discussed during a meet on Neurosciences organised by the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in association with the Delhi Medical

Russian researchrs have engineered a set of devices for photodynamic therapy and fluorescent diagnosis of malignant tumours. Photodynamic therapy is prescribed at earlier stages of skin cancer, oral

The Kerala State Government has sanctioned Rs. 3.5 crores to the districts for control of infestation of parasite mites causing the shrivelling disease in

A four-day international conference on Medical Physics will be beginning on November 6 at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). In all 350 delegates from across the country and 50

It culd be possible to harness the multiplicative power of the HIV after it is 'defanged' to transmission of a good gene into the human body, according to Dr. Inder Verma, Professor of Molecular

The president of the All India Biotech Association, Mr. Vivek Singhal, today sought concessions and other incentives for the biotechnology industry on the lines of those being given to the

A tiger and a leopard skin were seized and three black bucks, 35 munias and two parakeets rescued by Delhi Police and Forest and Wildlife Department officials in separate raids in the Capital. The

The Chief Justice, Mr. R.P.Sethi, and Mr. Justice Mohammed Anwar, constituting a Division Bench in the High Court of Karanataka today passed an interim order staying the notification issued by the

The Prime Minsiter, Mr. A.B. vajpayee, today announced the decision to issue licences for private sector Internet Service Providers and also set up a Vidya Vahini Networdk which would synergise the