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WILL TODAY BE A RED LETTER DAY FOR THE DECEASED ORGAN DONATION PROGRAMME IN INDIA?

Finally, after many a debate and discussion, the proposed amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organs Act will be

Sathya Sai Baba Dies of Multi-Organ Failure - No Miracle Happened as the End Came in ICU

The world famous god man and Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba passed away at his Sathya Sai super specialty hospi

'Test-Tube Baby' Pioneer Edwards Gets Nobel in Medicine

It may have come a bit too late, but a very deserving Robert Edwards has finally been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medici

Urine as a Source of Power

Can urine be used to produce energy without causing pollution. The team of researchers from Bristol certainly feel this

Man Ready to Play God - Scientists Synthesize Artificial Life In Lab

It has happened sooner than expected. Scientists have managed to synthesize 1.08 million base pair chromosome of a modi

Nobel Prize in Medicine - 2009

The 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine has been announced! It has been awarded to researchers Elizabeth Blackburn, her studen

Nobel Prize In Medicine: All European Affair

The Nobel Prize for medicine this year has been awarded to three Europeans, Luc Montagnier, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and

Spit May Soon Replace Blood For Diagnosis

In a breakthrough study, researchers in the US have identified all the 1,166 proteins in human saliva, a move which

Brits Discover Breast Cancer Vaccine

British scientists claim to have developed a drug with the potential to 'vaccinate' those with a family history of breas

Future Babies Through Frozen Eggs

The first frozen oocyte pregnancy in India has been reported from the Chennai-based GG hospital Fertility Research Centr

'Four-In-One' Teenager from UK Wants To Be Kidney Donor

Laura Moon, 18, from Whinmoor in Leeds, has four kidneys. All of them are functional and growing naturally. She is wi

Infamous Kidney Kingpin Arrested

Gurgaon based Kidney racketeer, Dr. Amit Kumar was reportedly arrested by Nepali Police today (Feb 07 2008). The Doctor

Indian Surgeon gets Life Term for Posting Obscene Videos of Women Patients on Internet

A fast track court in southern India convicted on Thursday an orthopedic surgeon to a life term for posting obscene vi

Bali Roadmap an Anticlimax, None Willing to Commit on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The much vaunted climate change conference has come to an end at Bali, Indonesia, on an almost anticlimactic note. Fo

Marathon Surgery Successfully Completed on 'Parasitic Conjoined Twin'

Lakshmi, a two-year-old girl with eight limbs, has successfully come out of a 40-hour long complicated surgery that sepa

Cheap Medicines, Yes, but Don't Harm Pharma Interests, Says WHO Chief

World Health Organisation's Director General Margaret Chan has sought to send some conciliatory signals to the drug indu

Indian Doctor Couple Barred from Practice for Allowing Their 15-year-old Son to Perform Caesearian

The controversial doctor couple from Manapparai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Murugesan and Gandhimathi,

17 Brands of Compounded Asafoetida (iHing/i) Tested, 12 Fail

INSIGHT - The Consumer Magazine (September-October 2007), published by Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS), A

Al Gore and UN Panel to Share Nobel Peace Prize

Former US Vice President Al Gore and the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will share thi

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Indian Court Upholds Ban on Pre-natal Sex Determination Test

Gender-based abortions will continue to be banned in India with the Bombay High Court, in Maharashtra, a western Indian

Legendary Opera Singer Luciano Pavarotti is Dead

Legendary Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti has died at the age of 71. The tenor's manager announced the sad

Alarming Rise of AIDS Cases in Delhi

India may have reduced its HIV/AIDS-affected population at the national level by over 50 percent according to the revise

UK Churches Ban Yoga, Brand It 'Un-Christian'

At a time when Indian yoga camps are spreading far and wide in Britain, two churches here have banned a group from condu

AIIMS Doctors' Strike Called Off

Resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) today called off their strike against the del