Alexander Fleming’s Forgotten Petri Dish Sparked the Antibiotic RevolutionA chance observation in Alexander Fleming's London lab in 1928 led to a medical revolution. Fleming noticed mold killing bacteria in a petr...
US company warns about plastic contamination in ice creams and frozen yogurt. Check affected brands and statesWells Enterprises has voluntarily recalled approximately 18,000 units of Blue Bunny and Halo Top ice cream and frozen yogurt due to potenti...
Oats recalled over fears of plastic contamination. Is there chance of serious adverse health consequencesGrain Millers made the announcement for recall on February 11, according to the FDA. The voluntary recall, classified under Class II recall...
All it takes: 1% god's graceLook at how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Upon returning from a vacation, Fleming checked on colonies of staphylococcus bacteria...
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.
Drug discovery gaps can only be filled by returning to the root of medicine, says this scientistNatural products from microbes and plants are the biggest resource for drug discovery.
Not a novelty: Humans were enjoying blue cheese & beer over 2,700 years agoScientists made the discovery by analyzing samples of human excrement found at the heart of the Hallstatt mine in the Austrian Alps.
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...
Feeling sick at home? The wallpaper in your room might be the reasonMost of the airborne toxins are likely to be located on fungal spores in the wallpaper, said the study.
New test to spot what makes a good drugA new test could revolutionise the discovery of new prescription drugs by determining which drugs are unlikely to work at an early stage.
- Pfizer recalls drug from US
PFIZER has recalled a drug made by an Indian partner from the US market while another local partner of the world’s largest drugmaker receiv...