the Japanese government is considering revising its guidelines on gene therapy. The present rules, which were introduced in 1994, limits researchers to its use only for treatment of

Surgeon Volkmar Falk demonstrates heart bypass surgery using a robot in the German city of Leipzig, Saxony. This is the first interdisciplinary

The city of Shangqiu in central China's Henan Province is still polluting the Huaihe River. The river is a famous waterway in central and east China, and it runs through several provinces. The

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union

OFFICIALS from the World Bank (wb) and the World Health Organisation (who) have reported that there has been little progress in the area of maternal mortality, mostly from easily preventable

The Delhi High Court has said that it will pass orders to shut down the Indraprastha Thermal Power plant in Delhi if immediate steps are not taken for treating effluents being discharged into the

IN a bid to stop illegal dumping of pollutants into the nation's water systems, South Korea's environment ministry will conduct a three-day nationwide investigation of suspected polluters in four