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WHO’s first chief scientist talks about her journey, interest in TB and her father MS Swaminathan

Soumya Swaminathan and her colleagues were among the first to scale up the use of molecular diagnostics for TB surveillance.

Papiya Bhattacharya
· Oct 26, 2019 · 09:30 pm
The number of new HIV cases in India is falling but not fast enough and there’s a risk of resurgence

AIDS activists say more young people who have no awareness about HIV/AIDS are being diagnosed with the disease.

Papiya Bhattacharya
· Sep 27, 2018 · 02:30 pm
Interview: Infosys Prize winner Yamuna Krishnan on DNA nanobots that can predict disease

Krishnan’s research has provided new avenues in diagnosing disease, drug discovery and therapeutics.

Papiya Bhattacharya
· Nov 29, 2017 · 02:30 pm

India is staring at a breast cancer epidemic. But do we have the awareness and tools to prevent one?

Even as genetic and other testing for breast cancer risk picks up in India, doctors say there is still not enough awareness about the disease.

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· Sep 11, 2017 · 02:30 pm
Meet the women scientists who make India’s chillies hotter, flowers cheaper and mangoes last longer

These scientists have been toiling to improve India’s horticulture output for decades.

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· Apr 26, 2017 · 11:30 am
Medical researchers are building India’s first map of infectious diseases, one patient at a time

The heat map – which goes online this month with dengue data from Karnataka – will help fill information gaps.

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· Mar 18, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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AIDS activists say more young people who have no awareness about HIV/AIDS are being diagnosed with the disease.

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