The unfriendly response of the immune system is one of the main problems in pancreas transplant. But researchers have now developed an ingenious way to combat it

All organisms have an inbuilt protective mechanism -shielding them from attack of viruses - called the immune system. The immune system in the case of vertebrates is highly evolved because it can

A controversial marrow transplant operation in the US, a faulty gene in a dormant strain of the HIV isolated in Australia, the Zinc Finger factor ... the AIDS war is not lost yet, says SUNITA RAINA

Nothing can dampen the spirits of Jeff Getty. Nat the budget cuts and government shutdown In the US, nor even all the snow blizzards lashing parts of the country. He has gone home...

The Indian subcontinent is probably the only region still at high risk from the polio virus

Electricity from rural cellphone towers in poor countries could chill vaccines, saving 5 million lives every year, say Harvey Rubin and Alice Conant.

The final report of the third National Family Health Survey (nfhs-3) is out, but doubts remain whether it will be used to improve national health policies. Although 100-odd research papers have

Star-studded campaigns, millions spent and 20 new cases of polio to show for it. The reason being offered by Uttar Pradesh (up) is lack of adequate routine immunisation. The affected districts are

Every new case of polio in the country should henceforth be treated as a "public health emergency'. This suggestion was made by the India expert advisory group on polio, with a view to eradicating

The government of Nigeria has rushed health workers to Daramba, a village on the border with Niger,

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