In 1983, Kary Mullis imagined copying DNA while driving through California at night: the idea transformed modern genetics foreverWhile cruising through the scenic highways of California, a visionary scientist named Kary Mullis stumbled upon an extraordinary concept th...
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Amaravati still under construction, but Quantum Valley project already luring deep tech startups, scientistsAmaravati, a new city in Andhra Pradesh, is becoming a hub for quantum computing. A technology park called Quantum Valley is attracting sci...
17 May, 2026, 09.10 AM IST
India's greatest business school: No MBA, no campus, no degree — This is how the most successful business community in the world's most populous country actually learnsIndia’s business culture is changing fast. Yet one community understood entrepreneurial learning decades earlier. The Marwari business mind...
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Experimental pancreatic cancer drug appears to dramatically improve one year survival ratesA groundbreaking study published in Nature Medicine reveals that the experimental drug Elraglusib, when combined with standard chemotherapy...
08 May, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
OpenAI launches AI model GPT-Rosalind for life sciences researchThe GPT-Rosalind, named after 20th-century British scientist Rosalind Franklin, is designed to support research across biochemistry, drug ...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.44 AM IST
Rosatom presented isotope products at International Conference on Radiation Technologies in IndiaRosatom's Isotope - Regional Alliance JSC and the Research Institute of Nuclear Reactors participated in NICSTAR-2026 in Mumbai, showcasing...
25 Mar, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
IIT Roorkee inaugurates Ashok Soota Molecular Medicine Facility at BSBE to advance translational biomedical researchIIT Roorkee has launched the Ashok Soota Molecular Medicine Facility, a state-of-the-art platform for advanced biomedical research, drug di...
17 Mar, 2026, 02.27 PM IST
The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccineResearchers predict that the next big advance in cancer treatment will be the development of vaccines to shrink tumors and stop cancer from...
26 Jun, 2023, 11.57 AM IST
Experimental mRNA vaccine for HIV shows promise in animalsThe research, which was carried out by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Moderna and other i...
09 Dec, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
India to test long-range drone delivery this monthA consortium of companies led by ANRA Technologies will pilot long-range drone deliveries of medicines in tie-up with IIT Ropar and experim...
14 Jun, 2021, 07.17 PM IST
Finalise policy on rare diseases by March 31: High Court to CentreJustice Singh said she was issuing the direction to finalise the policy and operationalise the digital platform by March 31 as an affidavit...
28 Jan, 2021, 07.07 PM IST
Herbal drug based adjuvant therapy effective in treating diabetic COVID-19 patients: ResearchersIn a review published in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), they said "anti-oxidative herbal medicines can be used a...
13 Nov, 2020, 04.29 PM IST
Chinese COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in human trial: StudyThe latest study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, included participants aged between 18 and 80 years, and found that a...
16 Oct, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Azim Premji Foundation, NCBS, inStem ink partnership on enhanced testing for COVID-19The partnership would enable free-of-cost testing for COVID-19 to a large number of people from disadvantaged and marginalised communities,...
18 May, 2020, 03.00 PM IST
RSS-backed body pitches for greater autonomy to higher education institutionsAmong RSS more debatable demands are that Ayurveda, Siddha and other indigenous medical systems be included in an "integrated syllabus" for...
05 Jul, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
Experimental Ebola vaccine found safe, effectiveThe experimental vaccine for Ebola, VSV-ZEBOV, has common side effects like site pain and transient fever that appeared and resolved within...
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- Ranbaxy, Herbs & Cures bank on soft loans for research
Leading drug makers are increasingly going for government funding for their new drug research.
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