New approaches to preventing colds could be opened up by the discovery of the structure of part of the receptor that allows cold viruses to enter the body. US researchers found that a common cold

At a time when the Maharashtra government and the WHO boast of how close they are to eradicating leprosy by the year 2000, a recent house-to-house survey conducted by the state has shown a sharp

Prime Minister Vajpayee's concern expressed in Parliament over the alarming rise of tuberculosis in India has translated into action. The central government's tuberculosis project based on the

A miniature device to remove impurities from the human body has been developed by Russian scientists. The device, called biological fluids corrector, has been developed at Moscow's Sklifosovsky

Doctors at Owaisi Hospital and Research Institute (OHRI) in Hyderabad are carrying out experiments to find out if goat liver can be transplanted into humans. While doctors worldwide are looking upon

Ahmedabad-based Cadilla Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Gujarat Oleochem Ltd. have got funding approval from the Technology Development Board (TDB) for the production of a therapeutic vaccine for leprosy

The medical scientist, Prof. V. Ramalingaswami, has made a passionate plea to bring gene therapy into the normal system of licensing of medicines under the Drugs Controller of India. Prof.

Sweden announced a surprise 27 per cent cut in excise taxes on tobacco products, bucking the international trend towards higher tobacco taxes to reduce

India's blood trade is a lucrative business, despite health dangers posed by contaminated supplies and recent attempts to stamp out professional donors. Until the law changed this year, pallid

China's family planning programme is expected to successfully stabilize China's population growth by the middle of next century when they are expected to be 1.6 billion people, officials predicted.