Quote of the day by Howard Florey: ‘Great ideas often come from unexpected places; never underestimate…’Howard Florey, alongside his Oxford team, transformed Alexander Fleming's 1928 discovery into a life-saving drug. Their crucial work in iso...
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COVID-19 may alter offspring's brain development, cause anxious behaviour, study in mice findsA new study suggests COVID-19 may impact future generations. Male mice infected with the virus produced offspring exhibiting increased anxi...
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Donald Trump Congress Speech: Here is what he said about rising egg prices and relief measuresPresident Trump's address to Congress will highlight a $1-billion plan to tackle the high cost of eggs due to a bird flu crisis. The plan i...
05 Mar, 2025, 08.13 AM IST
US egg prices skyrocket to as high as $10 a dozen amid bird flu scare. When can you expect relief?Egg prices in US have skyrocketed to $10 (Rs 860) per dozen amid bird flu scare. An ongoing bird flu outbreak in the United States have res...
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The penicillin war: India's journey from self-sufficiency to dependence on ChinaAfter India lost its dominance in making penicillin, a drought of three decades is coming to an end. The drug – which forms the base for a ...
06 May, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
India clinical trial to evaluate efficacy of glutathione therapy for early Alzheimer's DiseaseTitled "Impact of Glutathione (GSH) Supplementation in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Patients: A Randomized Control Trial", the study is ...
11 Aug, 2023, 04.09 PM IST
From anaesthesia to penicillin: Drugs that changed the world, for better or worseIt's a good reminder that today's wonder drug may be tomorrow's problem drug.
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Good night & sleep tight: Why seniors have trouble dozing off at naptime, and how to help them rest wellResearch has shown that sleep deprivation is linked to an increased risk of multiple poor health outcomes.
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View: Time to “Florey” the Digital Infrastructure for accelerated growthIndia started on the long, difficult but exciting path of providing digital connectivity with several optical fibre projects for BSNL and d...
23 Mar, 2021, 09.09 AM IST
- Aussie scientists discover brain pathway for salt addiction
Sydney, Nov 15 (IANS) Australian scientists have identified the part of the brain responsible for salt addiction, considered one of the mai...
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Guru Madhavan's Applied Minds: Engineering solutions that make a big differenceGuru Madhavan's book, Applied Minds, is full of such stories of engineers who worked against odds to come up with solutions that made a big...
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