Scientists have grown the first all-human replacement part--a 5-cm vein--and implanted it in dog. The breakthrough is set to transform heart surgery by giving doctors a new source of replacement

A report in the Lancet notes that though about 4% of people under the age of 45 suffer from genetic deafness, most of the cases are sporadic-patients who have no family history of hearing problems.

Am embryo kept on ice for seven years has developed into a healthy baby boy, with experts calling the four kg infant the world's oldest newborn.The child was delivered by caesarean section on Monday

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has entered into a landmark agreement with the Kottakkal(Kerala)based Aarya Vaidhya Shala to prospect new drug molecules from traditional ayurvedic

Residents around Wat Sai Floating Market are dismayed by a recent report that 25 Hong Kong visitors contracted cholera on tours to the market. They say nobody living there has suffered from severe

Smokers who are exposed to radon appear to be at even greater risk for lung cancer, because the effects of smoking and radon are more powerful when the two factors are combined, says a new report by

A Letter of Intent was signed here for a working arrangement between the Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre for receiving technology, training and

A new procedure to dissolve blood clot in the blocked-artery of the heart has been tried for the first time in India. The new procedure called "acolysis" was successfully performed on a 48-year-old

two to three glasses of wine a day reduces death rates from all causes by up to 30 per cent."I've always suspected this," said Serge Renaud, whose findings appeared on Wednesday in the journal

Scientists have developed a unique low-cost instrument to detect various kinds of eye diseases. This would mean a massive saving in foreign exchange. The less expensive and low cost instrument,