Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has named her niece Claire Mazumdar as successor, setting up a gradual leadership transition at Biocon. A pioneer who b...

Frozen foods are often seen as less healthy than fresh ones, but the difference is not so clear-cut. Freezing itself does not significantly...

Scientists have identified a rare natural sugar, tagatose, that offers a healthier alternative to regular sugar with fewer calories and min...

Beetroot has emerged as a natural aid for improving liver health and preventing fatty liver disease. Rich in antioxidants like betalains an...

Harvard- and Stanford-trained gastroenterologist Dr. Saurabh Sethi highlights kiwi as a simple, affordable superfood for gut health. Packed...

Figs are at the center of a debate. Some people are questioning if figs are really vegan. This is because a type of wasp plays a role in ho...

Ashish Agarwal, Co-founder & CEO of Enzyme Office Space, said, “These spaces will play a pivotal role in supporting emerging startups from ...

"We are trying to build a home-based test that is as reliable as a lab-based test," said Piyush Jain, a professor of chemical engineering a...

A 2018 Lancet study says, India accounts for about a fifth of cardiovascular deaths globally.

On World Diabetes Day, here's a list of new medications that will make life simpler for diabetics.

London, Sep 4 (IANS) In a breakthrough move, British scientists have used natural sunlight to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen by mix...

What a bounty if the serendipity behind benign mutations could be mastered for wider use, and deployed at will!

Removal of this memory is critical in order to create a developmentally potent stem cell, or to change one kind of adult cell to another.

Wellington, Oct 14 (IANS) Vitamins A and C could improve the conversion of adult cells into stem cells, opening the way to advances in biom...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina and NC State University, developed the patch - a thin square no bigger than a penny - which...

Researchers have developed new system that uses sunlight to convert waste carbon dioxide into valuable chemical products such as biodegrada...

An enzyme takes the hydrogen back to protons and electrons, then combines them with carbon dioxide to replicate - making more cells.