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A team of researchers headed by a non-resident Indian scientist in the United States has identified two compounds that may help fight cancer by cutting off a tumour's blood supply. Parkash Gill and

A white woman who gave birth to two children - one white and the other black - after becoming pregnant through in-vitro fertilisation is now suing the doctors who peformed the test-tube procedure,

In a first of its kind clinical trial, Stanford researchers have begun using an aerosol gene therapy delivery approach to treat patients with cystic fibrosis. They hope that the new treatment will

A Stanford researcher is conducting the first U.S. clinical trials of an experimental method to correct farsightedness. The fast, painless outpatient procedure uses radio-frequency energy to reshape

The Nepal government is preparing to sue a number of prominent dairies in Kathmandu on charges of selling milk contaminated with deadly bacteria. According to Dr Tika Bahadur Karki, chief of the

Tropical virus that has killed dozens of people in Malaysia is the first of its kind and virologists are stumped as to how it spreads, an American health official said. Nine scientists from the

Smoking during childhood or adolescence may lead to lasting or even permanent genetic damage in the lungs that increased the risk of lung cancer, even after the smoker quits, researchers said in

The World Bank (WB) will provide financial assistance of $400 million to the Punjab government for the improvement of health facilities in the province of Pakistan. This was disclosed by the Punjab

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation plans to make vaccination against Hepatitis A and typhoid mandatory for all cooks and kitchen -helps employed in public eateries in the city. Initially, this

A simple blood test can tell doctors if someone complaining of chest pain and other symptoms is having a heart attack, researchers said on Tuesday. The test looks for an enzyme called creatine-kinase

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