Researchers have tested successfully the first DNA-based vaccine against rabies, a virus that has been well known for thousands of years and still kills 40,000 people around the world each year. A

Repeated exposures to ultrasound waves, being increasingly used in biology and diagnostic medicine today, might induce cancer, says a study. A joint study, conducted by Dr SN Chatterjee of the Saha

When wells made clean drinking water available in every village in Bangladesh, the feat was greeted as a major public health victory. But in a bizzare turn of events, Bangldesh's tubewells have been

A mosquito pill that alters mosquito digestion, making it impossible for them to feed, lay eggs, or survive, has been perfected by U.S.

Health officials in Kathmandu always claim that the Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) is doing well in all districts of the country. But fresh reports from far-flung districts reveal that

A UK biotechnology company ReGen Therapeutics, is developing a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease based on colostrum - the first milk produced by mammals after giving birth, which offers

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

By exploiting a compound isloated from a Chinese herb, researchers in Lucknow have developed an anti-malaria drug to cure cerebral malaria. Scientists at the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the Central and Delhi Government's failure to establish how large quantitites of adulterated oil suddenly came to the city market causing

A group at Keio University in Tokyo said it has developed a method using a ball-shaped polymer to help proteins fold back into their most stable three dimensional shape. The technique could be a boon