With the crucial Drug Technical Advisory Board meet scheduled for February 23 to decide on key issues, including a probable ban on the export of patent sensitive molecules for research and

Thirteen elderly patients at a Yokohama geriatric hospital in Japan died in what appeared to be an outbreak of influenza in January, Yokohama city government officials said Wednesday. The

International researchers, pharmacologists, microbiologists and representatives of Non-Government Organisations will discuss the therapy of antibiotic drugs at a three-day global symposium on

The Chennai Cancer Institute received a research grant of Rs. 30 lakhs to study ways to limit the effect of leukemia on the central nervous

The 18th Annual Convention of the Indian Association for Cancer Research and National Symposium on Molecular Biology of Cancer is being organised at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences from

The Australian Government has been accused of pitting groups seeking funding to combat the HIV and hepatitis C viruses against each other. In a damning draft report obtained by The Age, a

A report alleging that 20per cent of assisted deaths in the Netherlands were carried out without the patient's permission has initiated renewed debate on the country's euthanasia laws. Research

Three children with Down's Syndrome are born in India every hour. And most of them die in a year. But the congenital condition( a chromosomal disorder), is one of the least-talked or discussed Recent

More than 16 percent of the nearly 40 million South Africans are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. By 2010, the national infection rate is projected to reach 25

Much still to do to stop a common killer : Influenza epidemics kill hundreds of thousands of people a year and cause millions cases of illness. It is a major public health concern and a major drain