A new artificial bone material that in composition and consistency is almost exactly like human bone has been developed by a group of researchers from the National Institute for Research in Inorganic

The Asian Development Bank has approved a concessional loan of US dollar 40 million from its Special funds to improve the health status of Bangladesh's urban poor, especially children and women by

For just the fourth time in the past 10 years, the U.S. National Cancer Institute has called for an immediate change in the way doctors treat a particular type of cancer. The disease is cancer to the

Foiling a good gene's evil twin : The vast majority of prostate cancers appear to be linked to a common genetic process- a discovery that holds promise of curing cancer by reversing the process. The

Animal Rights International celebrated "Universal Meat Out Day" in support of animal rights at Rajghat here on Saturday. Four decorated elephants - symbols of vegetarianism - take part in the

Stephen A. Roth, a tentured biology professor at the University of Pennsylvania had figured out how to make certain complex sugar molecules cheaply and in large enough quantities to be used

Farmers wander around a complex of brick warehouses, chatting about tractors and trying to forget that this bucolic setting became a breeding ground for death. Last month, they were displaying bulbs

The Malaria Research Centre(MRC) has detected a new variety of mosquito in Rameswaram island, which is a carrier of the malarial

Malaysian workers in the pig industry have been told to avoid contact with fluids or secretions from the animals as a precautionary measure against the little-known virus discovered recently. Those

Malaysian troops stepped up a cull of pigs on Sunday to stop the spread of virus that has killed more than 50