Phase I Proves Shots Safe; Next Level Tests On 300 Volunteers
Jaya Menon | TNN

Chennai: India's HIV vaccine programme got a major boost with scientists of the Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) here reporting significant progress in the first phase of clinical trials for a vaccine to prevent AIDS.
Preliminary results of phase one trial have successfully proved the vaccine's safety and its ability to stimulate immune response (that might provide protection against infection), the centre's head told TOI.

Mobile phone industry thwarts radiation guidelines India has adopted the limits on electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones and base stations set by the International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (icnirp), but still not adopted guidelines for regulation. According to an official in the Department of Telecommunications, the delay is because the telecom industry

Tower Power density is power per unit area. ICNIRP guidelines set density limits for occupational exposure and the public. For the public using GSM mobiles the limit has been kept at 4.5 W/sq m for 900 MHz and 9 W/sq m for 1,800 MHz. For CDMA phones it is 4W/sq m. Occupational exposure limits are five times the public limits. Mobiles Strength of the mobile signal determines the

Mobile phones, like radios, rely on radio frequencies to communicate. They operate at 800, 900 and 1,800 MHz, which are also referred to as microwaves. In the electromagnetic spectrum they fall between radiowaves and infrared rays. Mobile phones

NEW DELHI: You will soon have access to details of the ingredients, the exact name of the bacterial strain and other essential particulars of your favourite pro-biotic drink that your local dealer stocks.

Encouraging an educated and well-informed choice of health food among consumers, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently formed a sub-committee that is looking at formulating a draft guideline for regulating pro-biotic food and drugs in the country.

New US rules to free clinical trials of ethics it is alleged that Johnson and Johnson carried out clinical trials of its anti-psychotic drug, Risperdal, in Gujarat three years ago without the informed consent of patients. The study also used placebos despite drugs being available for treatment. Both these actions flout the Helsinki Declaration, adopted in 1964 by the World Medical

In 2000, the John Hopkins University in collaboration with the Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram carried out tests of two chemical compounds for treating oral cancer. These compounds had not been tested on animals first and informed consent was not taken from some of the patients. Even after public pressure, the government did nothing more than suspending research on the

flood Early monsoon hits India annual monsoon swept through India about two weeks early. But it brought heavy rains causing floods and landslides in eastern India. Unconfi-rmed sources say at least 52 people have been killed and over 3 million affected in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal. As on June 20, Subarnrekha river in Orissa was flowing above the danger

Health Ministry Orders India's First Major Study To Find Out In a recent pilot study done at Jawaharlal Nehru University, rats subjected to radiation from mobile phones were found to have damaged DNA and low sperm count, leading to infertility and reduction in testis size. The Union health ministry now wants to find out whether excessive cellphone use could be having the same adverse effects on your health.