Now, a magnetic therapy to treat depression
Scientists have found a new magnetic therapy for depression which they claim could soon spell the end for brain-altering, anti-depressant drugs. The NeuroStar TMS Therapy developed by researchers at the University More...
Taller women at greater risk of ovarian cancer
Taller women are at a greater risk of ovarian cancer, a research led by scientists at the University of Oxford has found after bringing together all the evidence from clinical studies carried out worldwide. The More...
Diabetes ‘may originate in gut’
In what could be hailed as a possible breakthrough, scientists claim to have found evidence which suggests that diabetes may originate in the gut. A team at Washington University School of Medicine says its research More...
Nair, 3 other scientists indicted for Antrix-Devas deal
A committee set up by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) indicted former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair and three other senior scientists who were barred from holding any government posts. The report prepared More...
Early detection hope for ovarian cancer
Scientists claim to have for the first time identified biochemical changes which commonly occur in the DNA of women with ovarian cancer, a major finding that may pave the way for early detection of the disease. Ovarian More...
Stem cells may aid vision in blind people
Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, the scientists have reported. While embryonic stem cells were first isolated more than a More...
A new way to beat blood cancer
Scientists claim to have found a new way to beat severe blood cancer by removing a pro-survival protein from acute myeloid leukaemia cells. A team at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research says More...
Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces. Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July. This is only the fifth More...
Epilepsy gene ‘discovered’
Scientists have discovered a gene which they claim is responsible for causing epileptic seizures in some babies. Benign familial infantile epilepsy (BFIE) is known as infantile seizures that run in families. Seizures More...
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!
It seems noted German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was right. Scientists have now confirmed what he had said: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. An international team has found that More...