In pioneering research, a scientist has developed a  'simulated' human heart to test the effect of drugs on the heart without using human or animal trials.


'Simulated' human heart created for better drug testing


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Teachers often think that fourth grade is when students stop learning to read and start reading to learn. Not any more.


Learning to read does not stop at 4th grade


The opening session of the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) began here Sunday with tributes being paid to the six delegates who lost their lives aboard the Malaysian Airline flight MH17 in Ukrainse.


Scaling up HIV therapy can end this epidemic by 2030: UNAIDS


In a piece of good news after the sad announcement a few days ago about HIV virus rebounding in the "Mississippi Baby", scientists have uncovered two new cases of HIV patients in whom the virus has become undetectable.


Cancer therapy cures two Australian patients of HIV


NASA's telescopes are not just helping us look into the dark deep universe but have inspired surgeons to restore the eyesight of the elderly.


Hubble telescope inspired tech helps restore eyesight


Dutch clinical virologist Joep Lange - who was among 298 passengers who died in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 - worked since the early 1990s to deliver HIV drugs deep into the world's poorest countries.


Scientist who died on MH17 brought HIV cure to poor


Scientists have developed a powerful new single-cell technique that can help investigate how the environment affects our development and the traits we inherit from our parents.


Single-cell technique maps environmental effects on DNA


Have a doubt that your husband is having an extramarital affair? Get this app and track every detail of his digital life.


App to expose cheating partners


Married but remain stressed owing to work or family-related issues? Have frequent sex to shun those unnecessary bouts of tension and lead a healthy life.


Married and stressed? Have more sex


Get prepared to 'undress your mind' as Wellcome Collection - part of the London-based global charitable foundation Wellcome Trust - is organising the first-ever British exhibition that will bring together pioneering work from world-renowned sexologists under one roof.


Undress your mind at sexology exhibition


In a ray of hope for patients infected with both HIV and Hepatitis C, researchers have found that a combination drug therapy cures chronic Hepatitis C in majority of such patients.


New drug cures Hepatitis C in HIV patients


Exercise and relaxation activities like yoga can positively impact people with social anxiety disorders, says a study.


Suffering from anxiety disorder? Try yoga


Not just income, but taxes that keep fuel costs high and good roads with ample parking space determine the amount of personal car use for people in developing nations including India, a new study shows.


Salary doesn't decide car usage


Omega-3 fish oil could save the brain from alcohol-related damage and dementia by up to 90 percent, a new study says.


Fish oil may save alcoholics from brain damage


Researchers could have just made IVF - an assisted fertilisation therapy - treatment safer for women after successfully using a new method to stimulate ovulation.


Researchers make IVF safer for women


For people suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, eating probiotics for a month can help diminish the accumulation of fat in the liver.


Probiotics help reduce fat in liver


Gender quota to bring more women to the boardroom is more effective in countries with "tight" cultures that have a lower tolerance for deviation from cultural norms, says a study.


Women quota best in nations with 'tight' culture


Cinnamon can not only tickle your taste buds, the ancient cooking spice is also an effective anti-bacterial agent and can help prevent some of the most serious food-borne illnesses caused by pathogenic bacteria, says a study.


Cinnamon can prevent food poisoning


The next time you ask for a plate of crabs you may have unknowingly ordered plastic as a side dish in it!


Are we gulping down plastic with sea food?


Havana, July 19 (IANS/Prensa Latina) Using ancient animal instincts, science may find ways to save human lives and protect material resources against disasters that happen unexpectedly like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides.


Animal instinct can save human beings from disasters


Lipoic acid, found at higher levels in organ meats and leafy vegetables such as spinach and broccoli, may help reset and synchronise circadian rhythms or the "biological clock" found in most life forms, says a study.

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