Good mRNA! A Nobel breakthrough storyImmunologist Drew Weissman and biochemist Katalin Kariko have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discove...
03 Oct, 2023, 11.40 PM IST
Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour felicitated by King CharlesWintour, who has been editor of Vogue U.S. since 1988, is one of the most powerful people in the fashion world and a philanthropist who has...
17 Jun, 2023, 09.26 AM IST
Covid vaccines not linked to 'sudden adult death syndrome', say scientists"There appears to be no evidence whatsoever so far linking COVID-19 vaccines and such deaths," immunologist Satyajit Rath from Pune's India...
13 Jul, 2022, 12.53 PM IST
Have you evaded Covid successfully despite exposure? You may have your T-cells to thank for the blessed ‘super immunity’A prior exposure to other seasonal coronavirus can help individuals fight Covid-19.
01 Apr, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
People won't move around with masks on forever: American immunologist Anthony S FauciHe also said there is a great deal of 'disinformation' around and that is entirely destructive to a comprehensive public health endeavour. ...
18 Jan, 2022, 06.53 AM IST
China's Tianjin begins Covid testing for its 14 million citizensResidents in four districts would be tested over the next 24 hours while other districts would be tested the next day, the Tianjin governme...
10 Jan, 2022, 08.00 AM IST
Tianjin begins city-wide testing after at least two local Omicron cases detectedThe Tianjin outbreak poses risks to Beijing and the upcoming Winter Olympics, because of the large number of commuters working and living i...
09 Jan, 2022, 01.01 PM IST
Do people who have had Covid-19 really need the vaccine? Here's what experts sayThis question has thrust tortuous immunological concepts into a national debate on vaccine mandates.
12 Oct, 2021, 03.16 PM IST
Google honours Polish immunologist Rudolf Weigl with a special doodle on his 138th birth anniversaryThe scientist was nominated for a Nobel Prize, twice.
02 Sep, 2021, 12.01 PM IST
Indian-origin immunologist Sankar Ghosh elected to National Academy of SciencesSankar Ghosh is the Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology and chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the V...
06 May, 2021, 08.10 AM IST
What side effects might I expect from the COVID-19 vaccines?All three are capable of stimulating robust immune responses, complete with sufficient danger signaling, to prevent severe COVID-19 in grea...
01 Apr, 2021, 06.37 PM IST
Kamala Harris, Dr. Fauci feature on ‘Famous Names Most Mispronounced’ listAre our mispronunciations not as important as those of others?
11 Dec, 2020, 07.55 AM IST
Scientists sceptical about Russia's Covid vaccine, cite lack of evidence for efficacyWhile the country hopes to start mass-producing the vaccine by October and plans to offer the first doses to essential workers, many in the...
12 Aug, 2020, 06.26 PM IST
Too soon to say whether recovered COVID patients lose immunity with time, say scientistsSome special cells of the immune system may still offer protection against the disease, the scientists said as questions swirl on whether p...
16 Jul, 2020, 06.10 PM IST
US immunologist warns of 'darkest winter' if virus reboundsMore than 84,000 people have died in the US, representing more than one-fourth of global deaths and the world's highest toll, according to ...
14 May, 2020, 07.21 PM IST
COVID-19: HCG team's find offers hope for treatmentA three-member team at HCG Hospital in Bengaluru has developed a treatment protocol for Covid-19-positive patients. It is centred on inject...
31 Mar, 2020, 10.57 AM IST
Hygiene Hypothesis: Banishing germs from your life can make you seriously illEvidence accumulates in favour of the hygiene hypothesis, which says that banishing germs from your life can make you seriously ill.
21 May, 2012, 10.43 AM IST