India

 Chicken out!

An virus stages a comeback in Hong Kong to kill thousands of birds

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Influenza, Birds, Hong Kong, Diseases
India

 Genomics could help cure cancer

Eugene W Myers , vice president for informatics research at Celera Genomics, usa , is the brain behind computer applications used to assemble the genomes, he speaks to Nitin Seth

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
A Asha
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Cancer, Diabetes, Genetic Resources, Technology, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Research, United States Of America (US), India, Developing Countries, Diseases
Health

 The card up the sleeve

A sealed card is at the heart of Japan's bid to unmask the genetics behind various diseases including arthritis and asthma. The Japanese Institute of Physical and Chemical Research plans to push

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
A Asha
Down to Earth
Tags:
Asthma, Physical Disability, Genetic Resources, Technology, Research, Japan, Diseases
India

 Mouse mapped

The truth about the mouse comes at a price

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Genetic Resources, Research, Information, India, Delhi, Diseases
Sanitation

 New diseases are the result of environmental degradation

After being instrumental in the eradication of smallpox, D A Henderson , director, Centre for Civilian Biodefence, Johns Hopkins University, USA, finds that changes in the environment are leading to mutations in viruses makin

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
A Asha
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Tags:
Environment, Sanitation, Drugs, Epidemics, Infectious Diseases, Small Pox, Influenza, China, United States Of America (US), Diseases, Malnutrition
India

 Scared to leap

Amphibians in India are besieged by numerous threats

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Himalaya, Western Ghats, Pesticides, Endangered Species, Habitat, Frogs, Life Science, Research, India, Jammu & Kashmir, Orissa (Odisha), Tamil Nadu, Darjiling (D), Diseases
Industry

 Malefactor

While older women run a higher risk of having babies with birth defects, it has long been presumed the age of men does not cause the deformities. Think again. A new study, conducted by the New York

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Women, Children, Mental Health, United States Of America (US), Diseases
India

 Not sure?

the UK government's indifferent attitude regarding the ongoing contro

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Genetic Disorders, Genetic Engineering, United Kingdom (UK), Diseases
Environment

 Managing malaria

The case of malaria is an example of how excessive reliance on insecticides has damaged the environment and harmed public health

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
V P Sharma
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Environment, Malaria, Vector Control, DDT, Rural Development, Diseases, Health Effects
India

 Spent force

the Bihar government has been spending over Rs 2.22 crore annually for 17 years on the salary of those employed in its small pox eradication programme though the world was declared free from

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Cholera, Small Pox, Bihar, Diseases, Corruption

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