Breakthrough : Miniature human hearts created from rat hearts Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 July 2017 10:28 AM ISTA miniature human heart created by introducing human cells into the matrix of a whole rat heart may make it easier to confirm basic science findings...
Next-generation drug testing on chips Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Sept 2017 9:10 AM ISTResearchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) in Japan have designed a small 'body-on-a-chip' device that...
New 'body-on-a-chip' for quick drug testing developed Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Oct 2017 9:40 AM ISTScientists have created micro hearts, lungs and livers that be combined to develop a "body- on-a-chip" and mimic how the human body responds to new...
Cinnamon fights obesity by turning up heat on fat cells Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Nov 2017 7:22 PM ISTNew research from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has determined how a common holiday spice cinnamon might be enlisted in the fight...
New substance enhances efficacy of Anti-tubercular drugs by 100 fold Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 Dec 2017 7:30 PM ISTIn search of new strategies against life-threatening tuberculosis infections, a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), as well as Harvard...
Some viruses produce insulin-like hormones that can stimulate human cells -- and have potential to cause disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Feb 2018 7:05 PM ISTEvery cell in your body responds to the hormone insulin, and if that process starts to fail, you get diabetes. In an unexpected finding, scientists at...
Heat stable Pill is future of vaccination Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 March 2018 8:30 PM ISTA team of Scientists in Cairns (Australia) and Cardiff (Wales) have developed the world’s first synthetic, thermostable, the non-biologic vaccine that...
New technology to prevent implant infection Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli20 April 2018 7:05 PM ISTOperations for surgical implants, such as hip and knee replacements or dental implants, have increased in recent years but they carry risk of...
Source of molecule linked to nasal polyps, asthma attacks Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 May 2018 7:10 PM ISTA new discovery about how the immune system responds to common sinus infections and asthma could explain why patients develop these issues in the...
Lab-on-a-chip technology can improve chronic disease diagnoses Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 May 2018 7:05 PM ISTResearchers have developed a breakthrough lab-on-a-chip technology that reveals how human cells communicate, opening path to new treatments for cancer...
Alzheimer’s drug to soon target resistant bacteria Hina Zahid16 Dec 2018 7:10 PM ISTResearchers of the University of Queensland have discovered antibacterial properties of drug initially developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease and have...
Eating elderberries can help minimise influenza symptoms Hina Zahid25 April 2019 7:05 PM ISTFolk medicines and herbal products have been used for millennia to combat a whole range of ailments, at times to the chagrin of modern scientists who...
