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A Pharmaceutical Biotechnologist and Her Lab on a Chip

Nandita Jayaraj 28/07/2016

Prajakta Dandekar, in Mumbai, is part of a relatively...

oung women who attended the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. Credit: International AIDS Society/Rogan Ward

AIDS Conference 2016: The Gains, the Gaps, the Next Global Steps

Candice Bailey 23/07/2016

The focus of the 2016 International AIDS Conference has...

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India Had 1.96 Lakh New HIV Cases in 2015: Report

Aarti Dhar 21/07/2016

Since 2005, the number of new HIV/AIDS cases around...

A human gut bacteria sample. Credit: diversey/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

It’s Time for Indian Medicine to Give Poop Transplants a Fair Chance

Nandita Jayaraj 19/07/2016

As faecal transplants emerge as a remarkably efficient way...

That’s when I had PMT remember? Source: Shutterstock

Do Women’s Periods Really Sync When They Spend Time Together?

Alexandra Alvergne 19/07/2016

The hypothesis that synchronisation of menstrual cycles is an...

Condoms. Male pills. Credit: paulk/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why Are We Still Waiting for the Male Pill?

Andy Extance 18/07/2016

Despite decades of promising research, the many men who...

Remedies at a homeopathic pharmacy in Varanasi, India. Credit: Jorge Royan/Wikimedia Commons

The Safety, Efficacy and Business of Publicly Funded Ayurveda

Prashant Reddy 15/07/2016

When an ayurvedic drug has been 'approved' by the...