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U.S. launching cancer gene-mapping pilot

...nology have thrown up opportunities to look at the global nature of what is wrong with the cancer cell in a way undreamt of a few years ago. People were once skeptical whether we could determine the genome of just one individual. “To map all the genes involved in cancer, we're talking about basically thous...

IT Raids Target Chennai Doctors And Hospitals

...t raided on Wednesday doctors and hospitals in the global healthcare destination of Chennai to net an estimated Rs 100 million.// Six hospitals in Chennai, two in Kumbakonam, 350 km from here, and the offices and residences of 14 prominent doctors were raided by 300 IT officials simultaneously. About Rs.6 ...

Pandemic Will Affect Business Houses

The global economy and health businesses are likely to be ext...n in the goods and services trade as a result of a global recession, //according to the Pacific Pandemic Forum for Business. This is the first such conference...

New Plastic Surgery Unit Set Up In Kolkata To Meet Ever-Increasing Consumer Demand

...he appreciation for it’s specialized eye care on a global level. Out of the 10 new operation theatres that would be set up soon, three would be exclusively to eye care. The rest would cater to various types of specialized plastic surgery. Provisions have already been made to interconnect the two faciliti...

Detection of Weak strains of bird flu virus – Target of European Unio

...hen human transmission can take place leading to a global pandemic outbreak. So far no case of human-to-human transmission has been recorded. However, nearly 70 people have lost their lives due to close contact with poultry. It has also been planned to stockpile drugs to effectively manage such an emergen...

Time to wake up as conservationists

...e scientific exploration and the protection of the global environment. We are proud to partner with AAAS and the U.S. NPS to sustain this unique and very important program." AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner said, "The Canon Scholars program perfectly fulfills AAAS' mission to advance science and innovation throug...

India to be part of global cancer society

... for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a member to join global efforts to find answers to one of the major causes of death worldwide.// "The cabinet has approved India taking up membership of IARC for 2005-06 and 2006-07 at a total expenditure of $5.99 million," Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranj...

India extends National TB Control Program

... estimated to account for nearly 30 percent of the global tuberculosis burden. The disease is viewed as a major health problem because of its high mortality and morbidity. RNTCP was introduced in India through a series of pilot projects beginning in 1993. Over the years it has been gradually stepped up to ...

Haj Pilgrims Being Tested For Presence Of Bird Flu Infection

...nd week of January. There has been an increasing global fear regarding the possibility of a viral mutation that would enable the human-human transmission. The probability of this event happening would be more if infected people were allowed to mingle with people suffering from seasonal flu. "Anyone foun...

Jharkhand Pharmacies Refuse To Sell Viagra

... this week, seven years after it was introduced in global markets. "We have informed Pfizer not to launch the drug in Jharkhand. If our request is heeded, we will boycott the drug," said Sinha. Another druggist said: "If Viagra's consumption leads to any side effects, we will be in trouble for having sol...

Motorcycles Cause Greater Pollution

...usiast, emit hydrocarbons that have been linked to global warming and are even suspected of being carcinogenic, the study said. Researchers said that since motorcycles weren’t a primary means of transport in most developed countries, “the importance of [motorcycle] emissions has been underestimated in leg...

Bad vaccines may trigger China bird flu

...found that Avian flu is expected to be the biggest global issue in 2006, followed by economic slowdown and t...tion, economic slowdown and higher interest rates, global warming and climate change, pollution and AIDS....

Genetic mystery behind muscle development unraveled.

...ls develop. As microRNAs are gaining acceptance as global regulators of gene expression, we questioned whether they could be involved in the development of muscle," said Dr. Da-Zhi Wang, the senior and corresponding author of the study. Muscle tissue is generated when myoblasts, or pre-muscle cells, stop ...

Nutritionists give helpful advice to loose weight and say hello to 2006 with a smile

Loosing weight is fast becoming a global phenomenon just like IT was! To help million of people worldwide who made similar resolutions are nutrition // experts who urge moderation and avoiding quick fixes to lose weight. The idea is not to derail dieters' best efforts and even endanger ...

Bird Flu in China

... It’s feared that China would be the cause of a global bird flu pandemic because of its population and it has the world biggest poultry population. It still follows the old methods of farming and breeding where there is always a close association established between man and poultry. ...

Need of the Hour: Viable Strategies against AIDS

... more needs to be done than mere rhetoric // on a global basis if the disease is to be contained from spreading beyond the recognized risk groups of sex workers and drug addicts. It is here that testing for AIDS assumes massive importance. Individuals the world over, both in developed and developing coun...

Diarrhea Vaccine Trials Promises Prevention of Rotavirus Infection

...we are to achieve our goal of maximally decreasing global deaths from diarrhea”, they concluded. ...

Wild ducks infected with bird flu

... to man. This would lead in the triggering of a global pandemic. So far 70 have been killed by this H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus and in case of mutation they fear that the number will increase enormously....

Europe On High Bird Flu Alert: European Commission

...t in Turkey, the fear regarding viral mutation and global pandemic still exists. In response to the situation, a team of scientists would be directed to Turkey this week. People in Europe are not particularly at high risk of contracting the disease unless; there is close contact with diseased domestic bir...

Earth Will Feel The Impact Of Global Warming

Greenhouse gasses which result in global warming may result in biological, climatological, ...llion years ago, when the earth was in a period of global warmth, ocean currents rapidly changed direction and this change did not reverse to original conditi...

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