Newborn screening, early treatment can cut sickle cell anaemia mortality: ICMR studyAn ICMR study reveals that early diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell disease through newborn screening significantly reduces mortality f...
22 Jun, 2025, 11.46 AM IST
India on track to meet SDG health targets well ahead of 2030: GovtThe Union Cabinet reviewed NHM's progress, noting significant advancements in maternal and child health, disease elimination, and healthcar...
22 Jan, 2025, 06.46 PM IST
Research reveals why we lose fat, muscle during infectionResearchers at the Salk Institute have discovered roles of different immune cells in the wasting response to Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei)...
30 Jul, 2023, 12.31 PM IST
Zombie cells central to the quest for active, vital old ageAbout 100 companies, plus academic teams, are exploring drugs to target senescent cells. And research offers tantalizing clues that people ...
31 Aug, 2022, 11.24 AM IST
Common cold virus saved lives in IndiaOne of the biggest mysteries of the Covid-19 infection in India relative to other countries like the US and UK has been the lower mortality...
23 Mar, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
New study decodes why Covid-19 lasts longer, causes more damage than typical pneumoniaInstead of rapidly infecting large regions of the lung, the coronavirus sets up shop in multiple small areas and hijacks the host's immune ...
12 Jan, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
Hepatitis C drug can help improve condition of coronavirus patients: StudyThough there was no change in recovery time, the researchers also found that the interferon therapy if administered after five days of hosp...
23 Jul, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
Low levels of lymphocyte blood cells may be an early warning for illness, associated with high risk of deathLymphopenia - a condition where levels of lymphocyte blood cells are low - is often detected during routine blood tests.
13 Jan, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Worried about getting older? Math says it is impossible to halt ageing in humansAgeing could be stopped if only science could figure out a way to make selection between organisms perfect.
01 Nov, 2017, 06.09 PM IST
Death of Indian: Acting Indian High Commissioner to take up issue with PakistanIndia today asked its acting High Commissioner in Islamabad to seek a meeting with the Pakistan Foreign Office in connection with the death...
13 Apr, 2016, 11.06 AM IST
Neem extract may help treat pancreatic cancer: StudyThe results showed that nimbolide can stop pancreatic cancer's growth and metastasis without harming normal, healthy cells.
12 Feb, 2016, 03.51 PM IST
Simple saliva test may predict early death riskThe study examined associations between secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA), the common antibody found in saliva, and mortality rates in the g...
24 Dec, 2015, 01.01 PM IST
In the next 5-10 years, there will be an enormous number of new reagents to cure cancer: Inder VermaIn a conversation with ET on the sidelines of an Infosys Science Foundation lecture, Inder Verma talks about how humanity is now close to b...
09 Sep, 2015, 01.10 PM IST
New drug may protect against deadly nuclear radiation even after 24 hours of exposureIn a breakthrough, scientists have discovered a drug that may combat the deadly effects of nuclear radiation even after 24 hours of exposur...
23 Aug, 2015, 04.31 PM IST
Therapy reduces chances of dialysisThe researchers discovered that adult stem cells when combined with a protein called serelaxin, could reverse scarring.
16 Mar, 2015, 03.26 PM IST
- Infant mortality up by 18.5% due to declining healthcare
Between 2009 and 2010, the infant mortality rate has increased 18.5%, from 18.96 per thousand to 22.47 per thousand.
04 Nov, 2011, 11.49 AM IST
- Immortality cap: Ageing may die out one day
Research for which 3 US scientists have been awarded Nobel prize in medicine, has huge implications for the future of humankind.
07 Oct, 2009, 05.27 AM IST