Apple's ResearchKit to give scientists ready access to study subjects

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 00:38

Apple Inc on Monday released ResearchKit, an open-source software tool designed to give scientists a new way to gather information on patients by using their iPhones.

Documentary `Fire In The Blood` enjoys successful third week

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 21:09

Thanks to an overwhelming response Indian documentary `Fire In The Blood` is enjoying a successful run in Mumbai.

Most research chimps should be retired: US panel

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 13:19

Chimpanzees, who have served an important role in advancing human health in the past, will no longer be goaded, poked and examined in US research labs, as they may soon be offered retirement in leafy sanctuaries.

`Animal blockade hitting British research`

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 19:49

British scientists warned today that research into debilitating diseases is under threat from a refusal by ferry operators and airlines to transport laboratory animals into the country.

Leslie Claudius hospitalised

Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2012, 21:37

Triple Olympic gold winner hockey player Leslie Claudius has been hospitalised with abnormal fluid retention problem.

‘Harry Potter’ author J K Rowling to fund medical research

Last Updated: Monday, May 9, 2011, 18:29

J.K Rowling, the famous Harry Potter author, is all set to appear in the new avatar of a philanthropist as she declared to give more of her 500million-pound-fortune to fund a new generation of doctors and scientists.

Hindus support Pamela’s demand of humane medical research in India

Last Updated: Friday, February 25, 2011, 12:37

Hindus have supported Hollywood diva Pamela Anderson’s reported demand of ‘humane’ research methods in India’s prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.