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...
First Chikungunya-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes found in Brazil Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Jun 2017 11:57 AM ISTWhile more than 13,000 cases of Chikungunya viral disease were reported in Brazil in 2015, scientists had never before detected the virus in a...
Zika unlikely to get worse due to prior dengue fever: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 July 2017 9:21 AM ISTWASHINGTON: People who are infected by Zika virus after having dengue fever do not appear to become more severely ill than those who have never had...
New test rapidly diagnoses Zika supriya kashyap kashyap2 Oct 2017 9:40 AM ISTCambridge: MIT researchers have developed a paper-based test that can diagnose Zika infection within 20 minutes. Unlike existing tests, the new...
Scientists develop paper-based test for early detection of HIV Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Feb 2018 7:25 PM ISTHIV is a lethal disease for which no effective cure or a vaccine has been found despite sincere efforts by researchers, therefore, a timely detection...
New approach to curb mosquito menace - make them sterile Medical Dialogues Bureau12 Feb 2018 7:28 PM ISTLocal Aedes aegypti mosquitos in Mami transmit dengue, Zikaand chikungunya diseases and therefore in order to cut the population of disease-carrying...
Disease X may cause serious worldwide pandemic: WHO Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 March 2018 8:30 PM ISTWorld Health Organization (WHO) has released the list of pathogens to prioritize for research and development in public health emergency contexts.A...
First ever human case of mosquito borne Keystone virus identified Medha Baranwal Baranwal26 Jun 2018 7:03 PM ISTKeystone virus, a virus first found in Tampa Bay-area mosquitoes that can cause a rash and mild fever, has been identified in humans for the first...
A single Trial wipes out more than 80 per cent of disease carrying mosquitoes Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 July 2018 8:10 PM ISTAustralian scientists have successfully managed to wipe out more than 80% of disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in trial locations across north...
Dengue immunity may protect against symptomatic Zika, study finds Hina Zahid24 Jan 2019 7:20 PM ISTAccording to a new study appearing in PLOS Medicine, Prior dengue immunity may protect against symptomatic Zika. The study was conducted by at the...
IIT researches find Hydroxychloroquine effective against against Zika Virus Hina Zahid29 Jan 2019 8:10 PM ISTA team led by Dr Rajanish Giri, Assistant Professor of Biotechnology,Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Mandi has found Hydroxychloroquine to...
2016 in Retrospect : World of medicine supriya kashyap kashyap28 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi : The rapid rise of the Zika infections across many parts of the world had a large section of the population mightily worried till its...
