The flu may be common, but it’s not to be taken lightly. Kolkata’s changing climate is fuelling its spread, and the only way ...

Dr Sumit Kapadia highlights how painkillers can silently harm the liver by increasing enzyme levels, causing inflammation, ...

Anyone can get measles if they have not been vaccinated or haven’t had it before. However, it is most common in young ...

If you’ve returned from a trip with a change in skin tone, it may not just be a suntan. A yellowish tint to the skin – or ...

For generations, chicken soup has been a go-to remedy for people feeling under the weather. It holds a cherished place in ...

While soup isn’t a replacement for medicine, it might offer a simple way to ease symptoms and help people feel better ...

In the lab, tresearchers at the University of Edinburgh's Wallace Lab used genetically reprogrammed E. coli, which is a ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Three minor girls, aged 16, 15 and 12, attempted suicide by consuming an overdose of paracetamol and ...

Merging synthetic organic chemistry and biotechnology, researchers have engineered Escherichia coli that can synthesize small molecules (including paracetamol) from a plastic waste product ...

Over the course of evolution microorganisms have evolved pathways to break down many materials. The challenge with the many ...

Genetically engineered bacteria have been created that can convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the polymer plastic ...

For generations, chicken soup has been a go-to remedy for people feeling under the weather. It holds a cherished place in ...