FDC plans anti-cancer segment foray
Pharma company FDC, maker of the blockbuster drug Electral, plans a foray into cancer treatment through the development of interferon, an anti-cancer
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Govt to allow foreign organ donations
Japan's Health and Welfare Ministry announced Wednesday that it had decided to establish a system to accept donations of organs from abroad via the Japan Organ Transplant Network. Organ donations
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Scientists find cause of chronic fatigue
Australian scientists have identified infections as the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome - a breakthrough they believe will lead to more effective treatments. A number of infections have been found
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Declining mortality
Data on infant mortality in India for 1995, available from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), show a range (per thousand) of 16 in Kerala to 103 in Orissa. Later figures for Kerala are
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Drug firms try to put new medicine for arthritis to use in battling cancer
For years, this finding has puzzled researchers : People taking lots of aspirin tend to have low rates of colon cancer. Is that just a coincidence, or has it profound significance? Now, scientists at
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Uncontrolled mining takes the richness out of Goan soil
For decades, its adverse impact has been played down and the ravages of mining have been tucked away into a remote part of interior Goa. But the latest technological tools are now being used to bring
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Udaipur facing environmental threat
The political parties are yet to wake up to the threats of environmental pollution and at times they need to be told about it. The pollution of the world famous lakes of Udaipur caught the attention
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WWF maps issue only tip of iceberg
There is more to it than meets the eye in the ongoing controversy between the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-India and WWF-International over the "maps" issue. The India maps published in about a
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Eye disease spreads like epidemic
Conjunctivitis has hit the city (Calcutta) forcing people to wear sunglasses during the monsoon and resulting in drop in attendance in offices and schools. Outdoor clinics at government hospitals,
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Cancer group in controversy on stem cells
The American Cancer Society is caught between a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a Nobel laureate over the society's position on human embryonic stem cell research. In July, the society,
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This summer's air pollution in Eastern Cities was severe, E.P.A. reports
With the smog season winding down in the East, preliminary figures from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show that air quality this summer for Eastern cities has been among the worst in the
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New buildings crumble, monuments survive quake
Greeks were wondering yesterday how the country's ancient monument emerged largely intact from the 7 September earthquake while buildings erected only a few years ago became heaps of concrete and
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HC fiat to GPCB on erring units
In a significant order, a division bench comprising Justice R K Abichancani and Justice J R Vora of Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed that Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and its
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Industries should use de-salinated sea water
Experts : The heavy and medium industries in the state should be asked to use de-salinated sea water rather than depending upon the depleting ground water resources, voices the representatives of
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Country's first GPS-assisted map for drivers
The country's first digital atlas with a Global Positioning System (GPS) assisted feature has been developed by a Bangalore-based company with the help of ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre
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This bug date passes off without fluster
Computer systems in Asia and Europe appeared to be functioning normally on Thursday, with no fallout apparent from the theoretical 9/99/99 glitch, though some experts said any problems might show up
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International officials discuss conservation at Seoul summit
A three-day international nature preservation conference opened in Seoul yesterday, with about 150 officials and experts participating. "Community involvement in and around protected areas in East
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India chalks out strategy for WTO farm pact
India has chalked out a five-point strategy for talks on review of World Trade Organisation(WTO) agreement on agriculture, favouring continuation of subsidy to developing nations' farmers to achieve
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Number of E. Coli Cases in New York State rises to 291
The number of people suspected to have been infected in a severe outbreak of E. coli poisoning in New York State almost doubled on Wednesday, making the outbreak one of the most serious to have
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Flood danger will remain for six years
The incidence of flooding in the New Territories (Hong Kong) will not be under control until 2005, according to a government engineer. The third stage of work to straighten the Shenzhen River would