London | 8 months ago
Experimental shot promising in coeliac disease
London, Oct 9 - An experimental shot could cure intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, and the main cause of coeliac disease, according to a British media report.Although bread is the main source, gluten is also found in everything from pasta, cakes and biscuits to fish fingers, sausages and even stock cubes.There is no treatment for coeliac disease and sufferers are at i ... read more

London | 8 months ago
Experimental shot promising in coeliac disease
London, Oct 9 - An experimental shot could cure intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, and the main cause of coeliac disease, according to a British media report.Although bread is the main source, gluten is also found in everything from pasta, cakes and biscuits to fish fingers, sausages and even stock cubes.There is no treatment for coeliac disease and sufferers are at i ... read more

London | 9 months ago
New implant makes blind mice see, gives hope to blind
London, Aug 14 - A radical new implant has restored vision to blind mice, offering hope to millions of sightless humans.The mice's vision was good enough to distinguish a baby's face, see details of a scene in a park and track a moving image. The technique, using high-tech spectacles containing a tiny camera rather than surgery, could be tested on people for the first time in one to two years.Shei ... read more

10 months ago
US techno-spy takes on Iranian black hole terror
Book: Dark Rising; Author: Grieg Beck; Publisher: Pan Macmillan; Price: Rs.350 -; Pages Rs 470; Genre: AdventureThe Cold War has given way to a nuclear arms race where the quest for new nuclear weapons of destruction powered by the likes of Iran and North Korea keep the big brothers on their toes.A new breed of demolition men - armed with super powers - is ready to fight the minions of death.The a ... read more

London | 1 year ago
Night blindness cured in mice with special cells
London, April 19 - British scientists have shown for the first time that transplanting special cells into the eyes of visually impaired mice can restore their night vision, an experiment that holds promise for human beings.A paper published online by the journal Nature said that loss of photoreceptors is the cause of blindness in many humans. These include eye diseases like age-related macular den ... read more

London | 1 year ago
Human trials under way for new HIV vaccine
London, Jan 3 - The first human trials for the new HIV injectible vaccine are under way, containing a specific protein which will target the most virulent strain of the virus.Researchers from the Imperial College London, the Hull York Medical School, the Medical Research Council clinical trial unit and the Infectious Disease Research Institute - have come together to evaluate the anti-HIV shot. Th ... read more

London | 1 year ago
Scientists alter genetic code to cure hereditary disease
London, June 27 - Scientists have altered the genetic code to cure a hereditary condition like haemophilia, which impairs our ability to control blood clotting or coagulation.They managed to persuade cells in mice to repair a faulty gene but, instead of recreating the flawed piece, the cells generated a healthy one. 'Genetic editing' works by using enzymes to unlock the DNA. A new gene could then ... read more

Bangalore | 2 years ago
Raman effect makes cancer detection possible
Bangalore, April 21 - Scientists have found a method to detect cancer by combining the use of gold nanoparticles with Raman spectroscopy - a technique developed by Indian physicist C.V. Raman seven decades ago.The research by Sanjiv Gambhir and colleagues at Stanford University in the US reported in Thursday's Science Translational Medicine moves nanomedicine one step closer to reality. Gold-sili ... read more

London | 2 years ago
Amazing jab cuts down damage in heart attack by 60 percent
London, April 19 - A simple injection administered to patients even 12 hours after a heart attack or stroke could cut down their crippling effects by more than half.British-based scientists have produced an injectible antibody that reduces by more than 60 percent the physical scarring of the heart and brain after an attack. The 'milestone achievement' could also be used to stop the body attacking ... read more

London | 2 years ago
Algae genes could restore sight in blind
London, April 14 - Blind people may regain their sight thanks to a light sensitive gene taken from algae.Chemists believe they may be able to replace damaged cells in the retina with similar ones found in algae.The technique has worked in mice and now scientists believe they can begin human trials within two years.'The idea is to develop a treatment for blindness,' Alan Horsager at the University ... read more