A Japanese "medical artist" is pioneering a new field with colour-changing body parts, including new breasts for women stricken by cancer and replacement fingers for Yakuza

Doctors at a fertility center near Washington report that they can substantially stake the odds that a couple using artificial insemination can have a baby of the sex they choose . The method,

After spurious mustard oil, it is spurious dal that has arrived at various shops in the city. Ingenious manufacturers of pulses are now selling urad dal disguised as moong dal.What makes the

Over the past decade, leading western tobacco companies have capitalised on the opening of markets in the former communist countries. US and European tobacco companies now own all the cigarette

Two news cases of "mad cow" disease have surfaced in France, bringing the number of cases discovered in the country so far this year to

The Food and Drug Administration in Thailand plans to divide herbal drugs into four groups based on their production process so as to facilitate their registration. However, manufacturers have

In a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a genetically engineered maize strain capable of secreting human anti-bodies against cancer. According to a report published in the science journal,

There is a growing concern in Britain over clinical trials of a plant-based drug called galanthamine hydrobromide, now being tested to see whether it can help people suffering from chronic fatigue

India, all of a sudden, has become infected with multiple sub-types of Human Immuno Deficiency Virys (HIV) . This is alarming news because distinct sub-type can fuse and create a new tyupe of virus.

After the stunning success of the male impotency pill Viagra, the pharmaceuticals industry is stepping up its efforts to help women with sex problems. At least six companies in the USA are