India launches low-cost device to detect cervical cancer
New Delhi (ISJ): India launched a low-cost indigenous device for early detection of cervical cancer. AV Magnivisualizer, developed by Noida-based state-run Institute of Cytology and...
Category : HEALTH
India keeps polio at bay
New Delhi (ISJ): From a country, which accounted for more than half of the world’s polio cases, India announced the third consecutive polio-free year on...
US ban on Ranbaxy; Indian drugs regulator orders quality check at manufacturing facilities
New Delhi (ISJ): India’s drugs regulator, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Tuesday (Jan 28) asked state drug controllers to notify import alert and...
‘Politics and business interests behind ban on Ranbaxy,’ Ghulam Nabi Azad
New Delhi (ISJ): India on Monday (Feb 03) termed ‘politics and business interests’ behind the US ban on Ranbaxy drugs. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi...
CSIR lab develops clot buster drug
New Delhi (ISJ): A state-run lab has received clearance from the national drug watchdog, to conduct phase 2 human trials of a novel drug to...
Indian-born researcher develops mechanism to ‘move’ brain tumours
Atlanta, United States (ISJ): A team of researchers led by an Indian-born scientist developed a mechanism to move brain tumours. Researchers at the Georgia Tech...
US bans Indian-origin tobacco products
Washington (ISJ): Invoking the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act for the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has banned sale and...
Hope for patients of liver failure; US scientists transform skin cells to liver cells
San Francisco, USA (ISJ): Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco have developed a method to transform skin cells into liver...
Blood analysis to predict risk of death
Helsinki, Finland (ISJ): Finnish scientists have come up with a new method to predict mortality through blood analysis. The method, based on a study by...
Polio vaccine must for travellers from seven countries
New Delhi (ISJ): After the victory over polio, India has put in place a regime, which mandates travellers from seven polio-affected nations including Pakistan to...