India in Biological News

Syracuse University partners with Serum Institute of India to develop vaccines for children

A unique partnership between Syracuse University and the Serum Institute of India could lead to better access to life-saving vaccines for children living in some of the most impoverished areas of the world. The Institute recently awarded $250,000 to a team of SU researchers led by Robert Doyle, a...

Reduction in parasite infections ahead for India

Experts from Queen's University are in India today (Monday) to advise the country on how it can reduce parasitic infections which destroy plants and animals. The biotechonology experts from the Belfast-based University are at the forefront of research into the infections which cost the world ec...

Montana State University research reaches Supreme Court of India

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana State University research about pollution in the Ganges River has reached the Supreme Court of India, producing some optimism among MSU scientists who study the 1,500-mile river. "It's nice to know that our work is being recognized by a government institute in India a...

Domestic violence associated with chronic malnutrition in women and children in India

Boston, MA-- In a new, large-scale study exploring the link between domestic violence and chronic malnutrition, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that Indian mothers and children experiencing multiple incidents of domestic violence in the previous year are more...

University-industry team developing coal cleaning technology in India

Blacksburg, Va. In support of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, the U.S. Department of State has awarded more than $1 million to a university-industry team led by the Center for Advanced Separation Technologies at Virginia Tech to help India increase energy production...

SCI marks expansion into Asia with the launch of SCI INDIA

SCI is securing a foothold in South East Asia with the official launch of SCI India at the Cricket Club of India, Mumbai on 27th November 2007. Followed by detailed research India was identified as one of the leading chemical markets worldwide, with overwhelming support and enthusiasm towards ...

Genetic analysis of Asian elephants in India reveals some surprises

Researchers in India and from The Earth Institute at Columbia University have discovered that one of the few remaining populations of Asian elephants in India is actually two genetically distinct groups. The results of the study, which appear in the current issue of the journal Animal Conservation,...

HIV mortality in India drops with introduction of generic antiretroviral therapy

The survival rate of HIV-infected patients in India has risen in response to a 20-fold drop in the price of antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to an article in the Nov. 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. The introduction of generic drugs into the country has encour...

Lead-based consumer paint remains a global public health threat

... problems later in life. "Our studies have shown that when comparing the prices of the same size can of paint produced by several companies within india with a wide range of lead concentrations, there is no significant consumer price difference between leaded and unleaded consumer paint," says Clark. ...

Family planning a major environmental impact

...ild born in the U.S., the study found. As the developing world increases both its population and consumption levels, this may change. "China and india right now are steadily increasing their carbon emissions and industrial development, and other developing nations may also continue to increase as the...

121 breeding tigers estimated to be found in Nepal

...the effort of a single individual or a single organization," said Mr. Gopal Prasad Upadhyay, Director General, DNPWC. "The transboundary relation with india needs to be strengthened further and all organizations should work together to conserve tigers." ...

New theory gives more precise estimates of large-scale biodiversity

... with data from one of the few areas on Earth that has been thoroughly studied on both the small and large scale - the Western Ghats mountain range of india overlooking the Arabian Sea. A "biodiversity hotspot" of nearly 60,000 square kilometers, the Western Ghats are partially protected and have been stud...

American Chemical Society's Weekly Presspac -- June 17, 2009

...ELEASE "Milking" microscopic algae could yield massive amounts of oil Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Scientists in Canada and india are proposing a surprising new solution to the global energy crisis "milking" oil from the tiny, single-cell algae known as diatoms, renowned for thei...

American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- May 27, 2009

...Debabrata Dash, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor and Head Department of Biochemistry Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, india Phone: 0091-93369-10665 Email: ddass@satyam.net.in ARTICLE #3 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Gene silencing" may improve treatment of a dea...

NAU discovery could help feed millions

...e to make a dent. You have to combine rabies vaccinations with fertility control." She hopes to address rabies problems on the rise in West Africa, india and China. Australia hopes to put the technology to use in managing its kangaroo, wallaby and camel populations. New Zealand, Spain and the United...

Hunt for 'climate-ready' crops accelerates as organizations search seed collections worldwide

...es in Chilean maize crop collections; a project in india to find pearl millet that can handle scorching tem...stand high temperature and drought. Scientists in india are exploring a collection of pearl millet in sear..., which originated in Africa but has been grown in india for thousands of years, to remain viable as climat...

American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- May 6, 2009

... New "smart" polymer reduces radioactive waste at nuclear power plants Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Scientists in Germany and india are reporting development of a new polymer that reduces the amount of radioactive waste produced during routine operation of nuclear reactors. Their s...

Coral 'can't escape the heat'

...dopts, the outcome must be to reduce our carbon emissions. While they are small in global terms, if we take no action then big emitters like China and india will see that as a justification not to act. It is up to us to show a lead." Prof. McCulloch warns that the ability of the oceans to soak up man-ma...

Princeton geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs

...e studies of rock formations at many sites in the United States, Mexico and india have led her to conclude that volcanoes, not a vast meteorite, were the mor... Keller suggests that the massive volcanic eruptions at the Deccan Traps in india may be responsible for the extinction, releasing massive amounts of dust an...

American Chemical Society Weekly PressPac -- April 15, 2009

... Scientists in Michigan are reporting discovery of the secret behind the fabled healing power of the main ingredient in turmeric a spice revered in india as "holy powder." Their study on the ingredient, curcumin, appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , a weekly publication. In th...

Australia, India, New Zealand join integrated ocean drilling program

...ence Foundation (NSF), which jointly provide IODP science and drilling operations with their largest proportion of support. A second memorandum brings india into IODP, signed by India's Ministry of Earth Sciences, MEXT, and the NSF. "Australia, India, and New Zealand bring welcome scientific experience a...

Stanford scientists find new solutions for the arsenic-poisoning crisis in Asia

...ted down into the aquifer," Fendorf said. Aquifers are the source of drinking water for people who use wells throughout Cambodia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, india and Vietnam. The culprits responsible for dissolving the arsenic turned out to be bacteria that live in the soil and sediment of the river basin. T...

Scots and Irish at greater risk of drink-related death, study shows

...pulation, a study has shown. Research, conducted by the University of Edinburgh and the Office for National Statistics, also found that men born in india but living in England and Wales had similar rates of alcohol-related death as Scottish- and Irish-born people. The findings showed too that peopl...

Tracking tigers in 3-D

...Gopalaswamy and K. Ullas Karanth all of the Wildlife Conservation Society's india Program. Researchers currently calculate tiger populations by painstakin...ntre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore and the Wildlife Conservation Society, india Program provided images, local resources and staff time for this study, whi...

Study predicts when invasive species can travel more readily by air

...imatic shifts are not greatly significant over the next few years," Tatem said. "But the great increase in traffic volumes from expanding economies in india and China are likely to have a significant effect on moving species. This gives us much more of a detailed idea on the importance of key risk factors ...

Tigers get a stimulus plan

...ork's Rockefeller University at a symposium celebrating the career of renowned WCS conservationist George Schaller, who pioneered studies of tigers in india in the 1960s. Tigers originally ranged over most of Asia, from the Caspian Sea in central Asia through Java and the Russian Far East. Tigers are no...

When acute hepatitis develops into chronic hepatitis

...cientific journal, Hepatology . Approximately 300 to 420 million people (5 to 7% of the world's population) have a chronic hepatitis B infection. india is one of the countries, in which hepatitis B is very common. A differentiation is made with the development of the disease between acute and chronic ...

Decisive action needed as warming predictions worsen, says expert

... that greenhouse gas emissions are accelerating much faster than we thought," says Field. "Over the last decade developing countries such as China and india have increased their electric power generation by burning more coal. Economies in the developing world are becoming more, not less carbon-intensive. W...

Mass media often failing in its coverage of global warming, says climate researcher

...e are developing green energy sources such as solar and wind. "The U.S. has to walk the walk if they expect to talk the talk and convince China and india and Indonesia, Brazil and Mexico not to say anything about the even poorer countries with less skill and money into following suit," he said. "We ha...

Brupbacher prize to Nubia Munoz and Sir Richard Peto

...ommented that the very high ratio of smokers in Asian countries will lead to sickness and mortality of extraordinary proportions. He estimates that in india in the year 2010, about 930,000 adults will die because of their tobacco consumption, 70% of them being between 30 and 69 years of age. Not least of a...

In India: A search for more effective tuberculosis drugs

... Rajesh Gokhale has created a compound in his lab in india that stops tuberculosis in its tracks. In a test tube, the molecule hits four of the bacterium's crucial metabolic pathways at the same time, weakenin...

American Chemical Society's weekly PressPac -- Jan. 14, 2009

...ARTICLE #2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Advance toward first saliva test for Type 2 diabetes Journal of Proteome Research Scientists in Oregon and india are reporting an advance toward developing the first saliva test to diagnose and monitor effectiveness of treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Their report ...

The heart disease mutation carried by 60 million

... Heart disease is the number one killer in the world and india carries more than its share of this burden. Moreover, the problem is set to rise: it is predicted that by 2010 India's population will suffer approxim...

LOHAFEX: An Indo-German iron fertilization experiment

...ntific and Industrial Research, India, in the presence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Dr Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister of india Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on the 30th October 2007. Planning for the experiment has been underway since 2005. The development and impact of t...

Trees won't stop tsunamis, scientists warn

...by Dr Alexander Kerr of the University of Guam, Dr Baird, Ravi Bhalla and V. Srinivas of the Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning india concludes there is, as yet, no evidence that coastal tree belts can provide meaningful protection against a tsunami or, for that matter storm surges p...

No quick or easy technological fix for climate change, researchers say

...data showing such change is occurring and despite all of the efforts to control carbon emissions. The emissions are rising, in part, because China and india are using increasingly more energy and because fossil fuels still represent the cheapest source of energy. "If we continue down this path, the c...

Elsevier announces winners of 3rd Annual Scopus Young Indian Scientist Award

...over the award ceremony, held at Le Meridien in New Delhi. The award has been designed to recognize outstanding young scientists and researchers in india who have made significant contributions to providing new research insights in their areas of research. Analytical tools in Scopus, Elsevier's abstract...

UC Riverside rice geneticist receives high honor from US Department of Agriculture

...e for flood tolerance and found only in some low-yielding rice varieties in india and Sri Lanka. The characterization of the Sub1 trait in labs at UC Riv...s of the new submergence tolerant rice in farmers' fields in Bangladesh and india in November 2008 was an extraordinary experience. A farmer's wife told them...

Using water to understand human society, from the industrial revolution to global trade

...storians have proposed two contrasting theories to explain why the industrial revolution started in Europe, specifically in Britain, and not in China, india or Australia. They debate about whether it is because of specific political ideologies and social structures in Europe at the time, or due to the uneq...

From genes to farmers' fields

... Delhi, india "Waterproof" versions of popular varieties of ric...r of research stations and farms in Bangladesh and india led by David Mackill, senior rice breeder at the I...ion of the rice varieties originating from eastern india and Sri Lanka. The activation of this gene under s...