Shoumojit Banerjee

PATNA: In a move to bolster Bihar's public health standards, the State government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Union government is planning to set up 43 molecular and culture detection laboratories across the country to conduct sputum tests for those suffering from tuberculosis. The initiative was taken after it was found that there were few intermediate reference laboratories to conduct such tests.

About 536 tuberculosis patients had been detected in the Kurunegala District during 2009, Dr. Saman Kularathne of the Chest Clinic in Kurunegala told the media at the North Western Province Health Ministry.

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The project comprehensively maps the genome of mycobacterium tuberculosis

Two student researchers from the city have been honoured by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for their contribution to the Central government

Aarti Dhar

NEW DELHI: The government's Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) initiative released the results of its

New Delhi: Indian scientists have mapped the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome, an achievement that gives hope of discovering a cost-effective drug for the disease that kills 3.3 lakh Indians and 17 lakh globally every year.