New York, September 9 -- The extra flab sucked out of your flabby bellies, thighs and hips during liposuction could be transformed effectively into embryonic stem cells, reports a study.
New York, September 7 -- Researchers have discovered two critical neutralizing antibodies that naturally fight the HIV
virus and can prevent its spread in the human body, says a report published in the journal Science.
Bern, Switzerland, September 6 -- Soon a replica of the complex human brain will be possible. As per neuroscientist Professor Henry Markram of the Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland, there is a possibility that a model that duplicates the functions of the human brain will be ready in the next 10 years.
Portland, August 27: Science is progressing for sure. In a latest breakthrough in the genetic arena, a new technique has offered hope for women with genetic disorders, besides raising ethical debate over embryonic research.
Los Angeles, August 24: You are no better off if you do not smoke a cigarette but smoke shisha. The Department of Health and the Center for Tobacco Control Research has found that both the means of inhaling tobacco are harmful.
Washington, August 22: Federal health officials have shown the green light to the new swine flu drugs Friday, confirming that there were no serious side-effects reported from the first set of injections of the H1N1 drug.
Mumbai, August 21: In a ground breaking research, doctors at Jaslok Hospital injected a patient's own stem cells to his brain to treat Parkinson disease, offering hope to millions of people whose nervous systems are slowly, inexorably failing.
Washington, August 21: A new vaccine to fight the H1N1 flu virus that began sickening people around the globe past spring this year, will be available in the U.S. in mid-October.
Delhi, August 20: Call it help for mutual benefit, international co-operation or attribute it to the wonderful ways of God. An infant and a lady in her mid-forties, who were strangers till about a few months back, today share a very special bond. A bond that has roots in giving new life to both of them!
New Delhi, August 19: Panic bordering on hysteria, has forced the health authorities to alter their strategy and focus more on cure rather than containment of the swine flu.
