Gut microbes can reduce severity of malaria
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) Micro-organisms in the gut have the potential to reduce the severity of malaria, suggests a new study.
Gut microbes can...
Implantable device could help shrink pancreatic tumours
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) An implantable device can deliver a particularly toxic cocktail of drugs directly to the highly lethal pancreatic tumours to...
Blood test for Alzheimer’s disease comes a step closer
New York, Feb 9 (IANS) Researchers have found that a protein, the levels of which can be easily monitored in routine blood tests, could...
Now, sunscreen that gives you instant Vitamin D
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) US researchers have found a new sunscreen that guarantees no loss of vitamin D, rather allows the body to...
Wearable technology to help people recover after stroke
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Scientists at a British university are developing a new wearable technology to help people who have had a stroke recover...
Zika vaccine claim: Hope or hype?
Bengaluru, Feb 8 (IANS) An Indian biotech company's "breakthrough" claim that it has developed two "candidate vaccines" against the Zika virus - while being...
Eating fish during pregnancy may benefit brains of offspring
London, Feb 8 (IANS) Spanish researchers have found that children whose mothers ate three to four servings of fish a week during pregnancy had...
Smart contact lens can help predict glaucoma progression
New York, Feb 8 (IANS) A contact lens with a built-in sensor could help doctors determine which glaucoma patients have a higher risk of...
Scientists use Hepatitis virus shell for cancer treatment
New York, Feb 7 (IANS) Scientists at a US university have found a way to use an empty shell of a Hepatitis E virus...
Gene family turns cancer cells into aggressive stem cells
New York, Feb 7 (IANS) US researchers have found a gene family in the humans that has the capability of turning cancer cells into...
