Ancient Chinese medicine can help fight TB: Study supriya kashyap kashyap26 Dec 2016 12:14 PM ISTNew York : Researchers have found that centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists to treat malaria, can aid in tuberculosis (TB)...
Recognize sepsis as a separate cause of illness and death: Global Sepsis Alliance supriya kashyap kashyap10 Jan 2017 11:10 AM ISTSepsis should be recognized as a separate cause of illness and death around the world. This focus would help efforts to prevent sepsis by improving...
Considering cattle could help eliminate malaria in India supriya kashyap kashyap19 Jan 2017 12:29 PM ISTThe goal of eliminating malaria in countries like India could be more achievable if mosquito-control efforts take into account the relationship...
Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient supriya kashyap kashyap20 Jan 2017 12:40 PM ISTAfter her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her only a few...
Malaria superbugs threaten global malaria control, scientists say supriya kashyap kashyap4 Feb 2017 12:37 PM ISTMulti drug resistant malaria superbugs have taken hold in parts of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, threatening to undermine progress against the disease,...
Malaria parasite may trigger human odor to lure mosquitoes supriya kashyap kashyap11 Feb 2017 9:04 AM ISTLondon : Scientists may have figured out part of the reason why mosquitoes are drawn to people infected with malaria.Mosquitoes prefer biting people...
Scientists devise novel way to predict efficacy of malaria vaccines supriya kashyap kashyap14 Feb 2017 3:59 PM ISTThe acid test for a vaccine is: "Does it protect people from infection?" Emory Vaccine Center researchers have analyzed this issue for a leading...
Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO supriya kashyap kashyap7 March 2017 11:12 AM ISTLondon : A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty water and air,...
India vulnerable to infectious diseases like Zika, Ebola supriya kashyap kashyap14 April 2017 11:42 AM ISTNew Delhi : South Asian nations including India are "vulnerable" to emerging infectious diseases like Zika and Ebola and their level of preparedness...
Modified experimental vaccine protects monkeys from deadly malaria Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 May 2017 10:35 AM ISTResearchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, modified an...
Coming Soon: One dose treatment of malaria Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Jun 2017 5:00 PM ISTResearchers at LSTM, working in partnership with the University of Liverpool and other colleagues, have developed a molecule which has the potential...
Brazil scientists develop biosensor for cheap dengue diagnosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Jun 2017 3:30 PM ISTTEPIC, Mexico (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brazilian scientists have developed a biosensor that can quickly detect dengue and could help create a...
