Nov 2 : The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Major Research Instrumentation

October 1 : A consortium of British organisations that are well known for funding various big clinical studies is reportedly planning to establish a world-class medical science centre in London.

Sept 4 : A new study has given people another good reason to lose all that extra weight by finding that fat in the stomach may cause vitamin C to promote the formation of certain cancer causing chemicals rather than preventing it.

Aug 2 : The Thiruvananthapuram-based Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), the only institution of its kind in the country, will now be run by the central government, the union cabinet decided Thursday.

August 1 : Entering its fourth and final year the European Young Investigator Awards (EURYI) scheme is “going out with style”.

July 26 : Leading stem cell scientists from across Europe are today lobbying European government in an attempt to get embryonic stem cell legislation in Europe changed.

July 25 : From groundbreaking research on rapid climate change to the design of the world’s first sustainable city, the UK’s research community has an excellent record of working

June 26 : India faces a problem of medicines being diverted for drug abuse and the smuggling of such drugs to neighbouring countries is also a serious issue, says a senior UN official.

June 26 : The illegal production, trafficking and consumption of drugs worldwide has stayed stable for the first time in decades, a UN agency reported Tuesday.

June 22 : The World Health Organization (WHO) based Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) has adopted a new strategy for strengthening and expanding research to prevent and control ‘infectious diseases of poverty.’