Indian company acquires rights to copy generic cancer drug
Indian pharmaceutical company, Natco Pharma, has been authorized to manufacture an expensive anti-cancer drug originally developed by Bayer Corporation. This move, although undermining the Bayer’s patent, is expected More...
2011 was globally, 9 of the 10 warmest years on record since 2000
As per NASA scientists, the global average temperature last year shot to the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the ten hottest years More...
Specialized nanoparticles boost vaccine response
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center, U.S.A, suggest that synthetic nanoparticles specialized to target lymph nodes, where the most effective immune reactions occur, could greatly boost vaccine responses. More...
Developing better combination therapies for colorectal cancer
Scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, U.S.A, have shed new light on the molecular connection between chronic inflammation and DNA methylation, a process that shuts down cancer-fighting More...
GW Pharmaceuticals seeks FDA permission for Sativex
Sativex, is the world’s first marijuana based prescription drug, developed by GW Pharmaceuticals, a British pharmaceutical company. This drug, developed as a mouth spray, has two best known psychoactive ingredients More...
Studies say good sleep calms emotions
As per a recent report published in the journal Nature, by U.S scientists, the brain’s emotional centre known as amygdala is soothed after a good night’s sleep. In their experimental studies, Matthew Walker More...
New finding related to muscle’s glucose balance
From times immemorial, we have known that exercise plays an important role in body’s fitness. It also has protective effects against medical disorders such as diabetes. However, the exact mechanism interplaying More...
Scientists of Indian-origin discover essentials of Malaria
Washington, U.S.A: Indian-origin researchers have made a deep-seated discovery in comprehending how malaria parasites cause the deadly disease. The team of scientists led by Kasturi Haldar and Souvik Bhattacharjee of More...
MRI- compatible pacemakers, now in India
On Tuesday, St. Jude Medical said that it has released an “MRI-conditional” pacemaker in India. This pacemaker would enable patients with the implants to undergo some full-body MRI scans. As per the More...
Gene Therapy Achieves Early Success Against Heredit
Symptoms improved significantly in adults with the bleeding disorder hemophilia B following a single treatment with gene therapy developed by researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis More...