Could cancer finally have a targeted cure? Groundbreaking study reveals potential pathway to stop tumor growth without harming healthy cellsA breakthrough in cancer research offers new hope. Scientists have created compounds that halt tumor growth while protecting healthy cells....
19 Oct, 2025, 01.16 PM IST
Study sheds light on how hormonal change rewires brain during pregnancy to prepare for motherhoodFemale sex hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, have been found to rewire the brain during pregnancy in mice, according to scientists at t...
07 Oct, 2023, 07.52 PM IST
New study finds link between Covid antiviral drug & virus mutationsA study published in the journal Nature has found a link between the COVID-19 antiviral drug molnupiravir and a pattern of mutations in the...
26 Sep, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
Prince Edward takes up significant role in brother King Charles III’s first state visit, Details hereThe Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward conducted an important duty during the first state visit of his brother King Charles III's reign, accompa...
23 Nov, 2022, 11.07 PM IST
King Charles welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in UK. Here’s full schedule of leader’s state visitKing Charles III welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as a monarch on Tuesday. He hosted a state head for the first time after ...
22 Nov, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
Covid vaccine booster provides effective antibody protection against Omicron: Lancet studyA third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases the level of antibodies that can effectively neutralise the Omicron variant of coronavirus, ...
20 Jan, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Cancer patients less protected after first COVID vaccine jab, UK study findsThe evidence of vaccine responses in cancer patients shows that a gap of 12 weeks between doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could leave ...
11 Mar, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
Vaccinated people may still transmit COVID-19, warns England's chief medicEngland's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, also warned that there is no clear evidence yet to show that vaccinated people cannot transmit the ...
24 Jan, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
Pre-existing antibodies may protect some people against novel coronavirus, says studyScientists have found that some antibodies, created by the immune system during infection with common cold coronaviruses, can also target t...
07 Nov, 2020, 01.35 PM IST
Proteins in COVID-19 patients' blood could predict severity of illness, study findsIn research published in the journal Cell Systems on Tuesday, scientists at Britain's Francis Crick Institute and Germany's Charite Univers...
02 Jun, 2020, 05.27 PM IST
Now, a machine-learning algorithm may help brewers to have greater control over flavour of beerThis may also prove beneficial to develop personalised treatments for metabolic disorders.
06 Sep, 2018, 06.25 PM IST
- CRISPR sheds light on gene key to human embryo development
London, Sep 21 (IANS) In a first, researchers have used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique to reveal the role of a key gene in human em...
21 Sep, 2017, 03.32 PM IST
- Researchers generate human antibodies in the lab
Bengaluru, July 25 (IANS) A new laboratory technique that will accelerate development of vaccines to protect people from a wide range of di...
25 Jul, 2017, 11.27 AM IST
- Human antibodies produced in lab to treat diseases
London, July 24 (IANS) Scientists have developed a method to artificially produce specific human antibodies which can be used to treat a wi...
24 Jul, 2017, 08.32 PM IST
Aspirin can boost immunotherapy in cancer patientsGiving cancer patients aspirin at the same time as immunotherapy could dramatically boost the effectiveness of the treatment, according to ...
04 Sep, 2015, 02.06 PM IST
DNA biologist James Watson's Nobel medal sells for $4.7 millionA 1962 Nobel prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA has sold at auction for $4.7 million, a world auction record for any Nobel pri...
05 Dec, 2014, 04.45 PM IST
Rock and rollNobel laureate Francis Crick once described theories of origins of life as “too much speculation running after too few facts”.
16 Apr, 2014, 06.06 AM IST