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Oral cholera vaccine Shanchol gets WHO prequalification

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Oral cholera vaccine Shanchol gets WHO prequalification

Shanchol is the only oral cholera vaccine made in India with WHO prequalification, according to the manufacturers   | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Made in Hyderabad oral cholera vaccine Shanchol, originally developed by Shantha Biotechnics and whose production resumed recently under a new management, has received World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification. For global procurement agencies…

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Blockbuster drug raises questions of scientific colonialism

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Blockbuster drug raises questions of scientific colonialism

An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success story. Yet the history told about this “miracle drug” has completely left out the people and politics that made its discovery possible. Named after the island’s Indigenous name, Rapa Nui, the drug rapamycin was initially developed as an immunosuppressant to prevent organ…

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Could hidden dental bacteria help explain sudden and deadly heart attacks?

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Could hidden dental bacteria help explain sudden and deadly heart attacks?

A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that viridans streptococci, a group of common oral bacteria, can form sticky bacterial layers called biofilms deep inside atherosclerotic plaques, remaining hidden from the immune system until the moment of rupture. The findings suggest that oral bacteria could persist in coronary…

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‘Global South scientists can tip red tape by thinking, working together’

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‘Global South scientists can tip red tape by thinking, working together’

Bureaucratic red tape, limited funding, and expensive equipment often conspire to make scientific research in the Global South an uphill task. Yet researchers continue to find creative ways to keep going. At a plenary lecture during the Student Conference on Conservation Science in Bengaluru in September, Sammy Wambua, a conservation genomics scientist from Pwani University…

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Conclave in November to showcase ‘evolution’ of Indian science

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Conclave in November to showcase ‘evolution’ of Indian science

n this image received on Oct. 6, 2025, Minister of State for Science and Technology (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh interacts with media at the curtain raiser press conference on Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC-2025) at National Media Centre, in New Delhi. Photo: PIB via PTI Photo The government’s first ever Emerging Science, Technology…

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The Rearview Podcast | Proof: How Ramanujan Tamed Maths’ Toughest Monster 

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The Rearview Podcast | Proof: How Ramanujan Tamed Maths’ Toughest Monster 

Many of us are familiar with the name Srinivasa Ramanujan and his black and white photograph. He was one of India’s brightest mathematicians. In this episode we dive into his life – from struggling to pass college in Tamil Nadu to reaching the hallowed halls of Cambridge. Ramanujan’s notebooks scribbled with theorems that he discovered…

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Who are the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

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Who are the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

Mary E. Brunkow (US), Fred Ramsdell (US) and Shimon Sakaguchi (Japan) win Nobel medicine prize. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: https://www.nobelprize.org/ The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on how immune systems work in determining what should be attacked or protected….

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Who are the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

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Who are the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on…

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Medicine Nobel 2025 awarded – The Hindu

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Medicine Nobel 2025 awarded – The Hindu

The Nobel Prize for 2025 in Physiology or Medicine goes to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday (October 6, 2025). The laureates identified the immune system’s security guards, regulatory T cells, which prevent immune cells from attacking our…

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