The Centre is conducting a study to assess the presence of SARS-CoV-2, or novel coronavirus, in the Ganga as corpses were found dumped in the river during the second Covid wave, and were fished out......
India's apex medical body Indian Council of Medical Research said on Friday that it aims to launch the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, the indigenously developed Covaxin, by August 15, and has......
Purvi Patel is the first woman in America to be sentenced to prison for foeticide. Chaya Babu/Rediff.com reports on the verdict and the ripples of shock and fear it set off. Purvi Patel, who was......
The Society of Asian American Scientists in Cancer Research last month presented awards to seven doctors for their outstanding contributions to cancer research. The awards were presented by Rajvir......
In 2003, the United States Congressional Research Service asserted that there is a danger that India may develop a bio weapons programme. It claimed that 'India is believed to have an active......
USV, a Mumbai-based Rs 800 crore drug manufacturer with research expertise in small molecules and proteins, recently decided to venture into the lucrative segment of vaccines. For that, it decided......
Lilly Systems Biology, the Singapore-based research and development arm of Eli Lilly and Company, is in talks with leading Indian drug companies and state-run research institutes and laboratories......