Tobacco kills about one million people in India every year
New Delhi (ISJ). Every six seconds, someone in the world dies from tobacco use, and approximately the sixth death occurs in India. India accounts roughly...
Month : May 2014
In a path-breaking innovation, Indian scientists decode human proteins
Bangalore (ISJ). A trans-national team of scientists have decoded human ?proteome? or proteins in the human body, which could revolutionise medical research and diagnostics. The...
India to produce instrument for visibility assessment at airports
New Delhi (ISJ): India?s state-run National… New Delhi (ISJ): India?s state-run National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) and India Meteorological Department (IMD) have signed a partnership for...
Climate-smart rice to save farmers in flood prone areas
New Delhi/Cuttack (ISJ) ? Farmers in India?s eastern region, prone for flash floods, are now shifting to flood-tolerant variety of rice, developed by Manila-based International...
Sun Pharma faces further trouble from US drug regulator
Mumbai (ISJ) ? Indian drug major, Sun Pharma, already facing ban in the United States, is in for more trouble from the US drug regulator...
Scientists develop nano-chip for early cancer detection
Barcelona (Spain) – An international team of researchers have developed a nano-chip capable of detecting protein cancer markers in the blood using advances in plasmonics,...
Clinical researchers claim stalemate in clinical trials affect patients
Mumbai (ISJ) ? A national body of professional clinical researchers claimed, the current stalemate in clinical trials in India would cause ?severe and irreversible damage...
Indian-origin doctor develops world?s first wireless pacemaker
New York (ISJ) ? An Indian origin doctor successfully developed world?s first wireless pacemaker. Dr. Vivek Reddy of The Mount Sinai Hospital presented the one-year...
CSIR lab discovers anti-ageing enzyme, develops for commercial application
New Delhi (ISJ) ? A laboratory under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR has chanced upon an anti-ageing plant enzyme, which has been...
73% Indian minors on Facebook: Business chamber study
New Delhi (ISJ): Despite strict norms that… New Delhi (ISJ): Despite strict norms that prohibit children under 13 from joining social networking sites, nearly 73%...