New nanoparticles developed for treating Obesity supriya kashyap kashyap3 May 2016 12:29 PM ISTResearchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed nanoparticles that can deliver antiobesity drugs directly to fat tissue. Overweight...
New customisable vaccine to arrest disease outbreaks supriya kashyap kashyap5 July 2016 9:21 AM ISTNew York : Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new type of easily customisable vaccine that can be manufactured...
Researchers find biomarker for sickle cell disease supriya kashyap kashyap11 Aug 2016 12:03 PM ISTNew York : An international team of researchers including one of Indian-origin, has found new biophysical markers that could help improve the...
Radiologists detect breast cancer in blink of an eye: Research supriya kashyap kashyap1 Sept 2016 3:44 PM ISTA new study by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital in collaboration with researchers at the University of York and Leeds in the UK and MD...
Increased level of testosterone affects behaviour in men: Study supriya kashyap kashyap5 Oct 2016 9:37 AM ISTNew York : Increased levels of testosterone can cause a man to engage in both social and anti-social behaviours, finds a new study.In a paper...
Hyponatremia-Can drinking eight glasses of water a day be harmful? supriya kashyap kashyap10 Oct 2016 3:22 PM ISTSydney : Challenging the popular notion that we should drink eight glasses of water a day for good health, researchers have found that drinking too...
Stimulation of dopamine neurons induces arousal of mice receiving general anesthesia supriya kashyap kashyap1 Nov 2016 11:00 AM ISTThe latest study from a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) team investigating the mechanisms underlying...
Researchers identify gene variant that suppress the desire to drink alcohol supriya kashyap kashyap1 Dec 2016 2:26 PM ISTNew York : In a step that could lead to development of drugs to regulate alcohol consumption, researchers have identified a gene variant that...
Researchers identify key proteins that may make Zika deadly supriya kashyap kashyap3 Jan 2017 1:23 PM ISTUntil it burst onto the scene earlier this year, Zika was an obscure, little-known virus. As a result, scientists know little about how it works. Over...
Brain and tooth size did not co-evolve in humans, says study supriya kashyap kashyap6 Jan 2017 1:54 PM ISTWashington : Contradicting a prevalent perception, a new study says that our brain enlargement and dental reduction did not happen in lockstep.The...
Researchers develop potential treatment for fatal kidney disease supriya kashyap kashyap19 Feb 2017 10:39 AM ISTResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with a California biotech firm, have developed a potential drug to treat polycystic kidney...
New study can determine whether someone has high risk of developing liver cancer supriya kashyap kashyap29 March 2017 12:42 PM ISTWashington : Exposure to fungal product, called aflatoxin, is believed to cause up to 80 percent of liver cancer cases in many parts of the world.A...
