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The scientists at MIT have found a method using sequences of DNA to detect the fungal product aflatoxin. (Photo: Pixabay)

Science

How artificial life spawned a billion-dollar industry

Despite ethical and safety concerns, investors are attracted by synthetic biology's wide market potential.

7 April 2017 3:36 PM IST

Newsmakers

Jim Carrey set to face trial in death case

White was found dead in her LA home on September 28, 2015, surrounded by empty bottles of painkillers Ambien,...

2 Jun 2017 2:01 AM IST

Hearing loss is a real problem as people get older (Photo: AFP)

Life

Hearing loss may be cured by new mix of drugs

Researchers have discovered a combination of drugs that expands the population of progenitor cells or supporting cells...

22 Feb 2017 2:19 PM IST

Across all age groups, marijuana use during pregnancy increased from 4 percent at the start of the study to 7 percent by the end. (Photo: Pixabay)

Life

Pot-smoking on the rise among US pregnant women

Across all age groups, marijuana use during pregnancy increased from 4 percent at the start of the study to 7 percent by...

27 Dec 2017 1:47 PM IST

$While sperm shape and size declined, sperm numbers increased, \possibly as a compensatory mechanism\. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Scientists create hybrid sperm that may help combat cervical cancer

Scientists found they have exploited swimming power of sperms to ferry a cancer drug directly to a cervical tumour in...

26 Dec 2017 8:46 AM IST

Entertainment

Notices put up on Mamta Kulkarni, Vicky Goswami's flats

According to the police, Ephedrine is a precursor chemical that used in making banned synthetic drugs.

8 Jun 2017 3:42 AM IST

An Afghan official says that a German woman along her Afghan security guard have been killed in the capital Kabul. (Photo: Representational/ File)

Metros

Delhi: Man stabbed to death by 3 men after he asked them not to take...

When Rahul asked the men to leave, they left but later returned to avenge the insult and stabbed him multiple times.

7 Jun 2017 8:52 AM IST

Findings remain clinically relevant because pain could be used as a marker for increased risk of future cognitive decline.(Photo: Pixabay)

Life

Older people suffering chronic pain risk dementia

The study reveals three reasons for the association between chronic pain and dementia.

6 Jun 2017 1:48 PM IST

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, and the Drug Controller General of India deal with regulatory controls.

Business

Pharma exports likely to see dip in FY17: Body

Bhaskar also took a jibe at the media for hyping about USFDA observations.

13 April 2017 5:53 AM IST

BCPL will start commercial production of injectibles in its Maniktala plant from May.

Metros

Bengal Chemicals regains glory, posts Rs 4 cr net after six decades

BCPL, India's first pharma company, was founded by the father of Indian chemistry' Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray.

13 April 2017 4:38 AM IST

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Life

Sex-specific dosages may keep female heart healthy

Cardiovascular drug recommendations are based on clinical trials in middle-aged men.

16 Jun 2017 9:23 AM IST

Life

Investigators examine relationship between pain, opioid abuse

Reseachers wanted to know the pain and the abuse of opioids and the circuits in the brain that may be behind this link.

13 Jun 2017 9:47 AM IST