Scientists say they have been able to reverse the effects of Parkinson's disease in laboratory rats by transplanting tissue from the rodents' necks into their brains.

Two genes lock in a tur-of-war to determine whether a mammal embryo will become male or female , a new study suggests. One of the genes, called SRY, has long been known as the master switch that

A person's height may be determined by the time of year they are born, according to an Austrian study published on Thursday in the British scientific magazine Nature. According to Gerhard W. Weber

The rapidity with which modern science and medicine are making advances gives one the hope that someday all ailments would probably find easy cures in the form of pills ,

The second workshop on interventional neuroradiology, organised by the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, was inaugurated here on Thursday.This three-day workshop has been convened in order to expose

A provocative presentation at a science conference on Tuesday questioned the widely held belief that sunscreens lower the risk of deadly melanoma skin cancer, but specialists still caution against

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