Research News

Gene variants linked to cell senescence or biological ageing, autoimmunity, and Alzheimer's disease play an important role in determining whether we would live over 100 years or not, new research has found.

A diet high on fat but very low on carbohydrates which is generally favoured by body-builders may be effective in treating schizophrenia, new research has found.

A drug currently used to treat patients with osteoporosis can protect stem cells from ageing, a breakthrough study has found.

Heart disease and stroke were the number one and number two killers worldwide in 2013, reveals a new report.

Training your kids to chew food slowly can be an inexpensive and easy way to help them stay in shape, suggests new research.

A Chinese man has donated hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to a patient with blood disease in Malaysia, a media report said on Thursday.

Parent-led intervention has been found promising in helping children suffering from autism in India and Pakistan initiate communication with their parents, a new study says.

The appetite-regulating hormone ghrelin could be used to treat an advanced form of peripheral artery disease characterised by pain at rest, non-healing ulcers, and gangrene, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin.

An Indian-origin professor has created a 'supercondom' that can help combat the deadly virus that cause AIDS and also enhance sexual pleasure.

Using stem cells, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created a specialised nerve cell that makes serotonin, a signalling chemical with a broad role in the brain.