How bats offer clues to combat COVID-19

While bats are the ancestral hosts to many deadly viruses affecting humans such as Ebola, rabies, and the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the flying mammals themselves tolerate these pathogens......

Dr Reddy's Lab-DRDO drug treats heart damage post-Covid, shows US study

A drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) may reverse the heart damage caused by a protein in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a study conducted in fruit flies and mice has......

Trio wins Medicine Nobel for work on how cells use oxygen

Their discoveries pave the way for promising new strategies to fight anemia, cancer and several other diseases. IMAGE: Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General of the Nobel Committee, presents the Nobel......

Recovered people showing faster response to Covishield: Study

Those who have recovered from COVID-19 respond faster to the Covishield vaccine and reach high antibody levels, says a study, leading to hopes that they may not need a second dose and therefore......

6 professors awarded Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research

The annual award includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize purse worth $ 100,000 or its equivalent in the Indian rupees. IMAGE: Addressing an event organised to announce the winners of......

Stem cell bank in India

India's first private cord blood stem cell bank, 'Lifecell' has been launched in Chennai. With an investment of Rs 12 crore (Rs 120 million), this bank is a joint venture between Asia Cryo Cell Pvt......

Bengaluru start-up prints 3D tissue that functions like human liver

In India, thousands of lives are lost every year because of unavailability of organs A Bengaluru-based biotech start-up, Pandorum Technologies, has become the first Indian firm to develop......

India's 1st public stem cell bank soon

Every year around 25 million children are born in India, almost one every second! Result: a bursting population. But this is not a story of India's teeming millions or what should be done to......

Sharapova's intent questioned - Why was she taking banned heart drug?

'Sharapova has been a US resident since early in her career, which does bring in a question of how or why she is using a drug that is not licensed there' IMAGE: Maria Sharapova speaks to the media......