Blood vessels from skin From a snippet of a patients skin, researchers have grown blood vessels in a laboratory and then implanted them to restore blood flow around the patients damaged arteries and veins....
Lowly organisms, mighty tricks! Scoops of bacteria from the icy Arctic waters will hopefully part with their secrets. Indian scientist, Dr S Shivaji, one among the first Indians to make it to the north pole recently, is
confident. He knows his cold-loving bacteria, finds out Jayalakshmi K.
Space age: the rewards & the risks On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched the first artificial satellite SPUTNIK into the orbit around the Earth. It was 500 miles up ,travelling at 18,000 miles an hour and encircled the globe every 96 minutes.
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IMALYTICS is specifically designed for pharmaceutical companies, research institutions and life-science laboratories to conduct preclinical trials. A highly sophisticated tool, it is capable of developing and proving various biological and physiological applications that a researcher would need during preclinical trials.
ENVIORNMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE
Womens perspectives are crucial, says Pachauri Under his chairmanship, the IPCC has just been awarded the Nobel peace prize for 2007 jointly with Al Gore. Dr R Pachauri has been an eloquent spokesman on the need for nations and its people to take climate change seriously and to take up adaptation and mitigation measures.
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