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‘As of Now the Standards for Licensing Proprietary AYUSH Drugs Are Pretty Lax’

Anoo Bhuyan 31/03/2017

In a wide-ranging interview with The Wire, the outgoing...

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If We’re Going to Search for Sanjeevani, This is How to Do It

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/07/2016

We have to ensure that Uttarakhand's new project stays...

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...

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Centre Approves Ayurvedic Drug – But Its Science is Missing

Manasi Gandhi 06/07/2016

An ayurvedic anti-diabetic concoction has been developed by CSIR...

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African Scientists a Step Closer to Testing for TB in a Matter of Minutes

Gerhard Walzl 13/05/2016

According to the WHO, 1.5 million people died from...

The festering corruption in medical journals may be tackled by more public funding of trials and stoppage of publication of complete trials as is done now. Credit: pixabay

The Specious Business of Industry-Sponsored Publications in Medical Journals

Deepak Natarajan 02/05/2016

It is no wonder that between 66% and 75%...

An electron micrograph of a representative cell 24-48 hours after being infected with CAVA strains. Source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005483

New Temperature Sensitive Poliovirus Strains Show Potential for Use in ‘Next-gen’ Vaccines

T.V. Padma 01/04/2016

The three strains are adapted to cold temperatures but...