Monday, 15 April 2013

Skin cells directly turned into brain cells

Skin cells directly turned into brain cells

Skin cells directly turned into brain cells

Brain cells US researchers say they have directly converted ordinary skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis and other myelin disorders. (AP). Top Stories. Unfazed by backlash, PM Manmohan Singh keeps third term ...

'Get tall' powder TV ad: HC upholds FDA ban

Bombay High Court Friday upheld state Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) ban on a television advertisement on a 'body growth formula powder'. The advertisement had suggested that using the powder can increase height at any stage. The court was ...
Swine flu death toll in Indore climbs to 15

Swine flu death toll in Indore climbs to 15

Indore, Apr 15 (PTI) With one more person succumbing to H1N1 at a private hospital here, the death toll of the viral disease in the city has risen to 15 this year. A 60-year-old woman Resham Baee from neighbouring Dewas admitted to Choithram Hospital, ...
Advanced brain imaging technologies may help fight eating disorders

Advanced brain imaging technologies may help fight eating disorders

Advanced brain imaging technologies are helping scientists understand the neurobiology of eating disorders and improve treatments. Current treatments for anorexia and bulimia nervosa are often limited and ineffective. Patients relapse. They become ...
Hilary Koprowski, polio vaccine pioneer, dead at 96

Hilary Koprowski, polio vaccine pioneer, dead at 96

Hilary Koprowski (right) was honored in 2007 by the and its president, Peter Hotez. Sabin Vaccine Institute. Hilary Koprowski (right) was honored in 2007 by the and its president, Peter Gallery: Hilary Koprowski, polio vaccine pioneer, dead at 96 ...
Lupin launches Daysee tablets in US; stk hits 52-week high

Lupin launches Daysee tablets in US; stk hits 52-week high

Lupin launches oral contraceptive Daysee tablets in the US markets, reports CNBC-TV18. The company has already started shipping Daysee tablets. At 09:30 hrs Lupin was quoting at Rs 665.80, up Rs 6.15, or 0.93 percent. It has touched a 52-week high of ...
“Departmental inquiry not sufficient for framing charges”

“Departmental inquiry not sufficient for framing charges”

In a case where the Delhi Police filed its charge-sheet entirely relying on a medical board inquiry report, indicting two doctors and three nurses of carelessness while treating a critically-ill tuberculosis patient, a Sessions court here has said that simply because ...
Supreme Court weighs whether human genes can be patented

Supreme Court weighs whether human genes can be patented

The Supreme Court seemed worried Monday about the idea of companies patenting genes that can be found inside the human body, as it heard arguments in a case that could profoundly reshape U.S. medical research and the fight against diseases like ...