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Washington, Sep 18 (ANI): A jab of biomaterial gel into a spinal cord injury site may significantly improve healing, according to researchers at the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.

Dr. Mark Preul and Dr. Alyssa Panitch have found in a study that injection of an engineered hydrogel [...]

Colombo, Sep.10 (ANI): Off spinner Harbhajan Singh used his blog on Thursday to defend his jabbing of an ANI cameraman at the Bangalore International Airport on Wednesday.

Bhajji said that he did not slap any cameraperson. He also said that he would never do that as he respects [...]

Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): A simple jab may soon help prevent prostate cancer, say researchers.

The research team from University of Utah and University of Columbia have identified a virus, known to trigger leukaemia, in malignant human prostate cancer cells.

The research team hopes that the virus, XMRV (Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus), would open opportunities [...]

New Delhi, Sep.7 (ANI): The Anil Kapoor produced film ‘Gandhi, My Father’ has won two National Awards while the Shahrukh-starrer ‘Om Shanti Om’ has won in the Best Art Direction category, and Shahid Kapur-starrer ‘Jab We Met’ won the award in [...]

Washington, Aug 20 (ANI): Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed a painless patch that may someday make hypodermic needles as well as annual flu shots a thing of the past.

These patches, lined with tiny ‘microneedles,’ could make [...]

London, July 5 (ANI): Celebrity chef Gordan Ramsay has admitted to using Botox.

The 42-year-old admitted that he turned to Simon Cowell’s doctor for a facelift.

“I’ve always had a face like Freddy Krueger but more and more people were commenting on my chin,” the Daily Star quoted him as saying.

“A make-up artist actually said to me, [...]

Kisses and expletives, but ‘Love Aaj Kal’ a family film: Director
Joginder Tuteja Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Imtiaz Ali openly admits that his upcoming “Love Aaj Kal”, which stars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, has unabashed kissing scenes and shows the lead actors mouthing expletives, but the director insists that it will still be a [...]

Mumbai, June 28 (ANI): The music launch of the Bollywood film ‘Love Kal Aaj’, a story about relationships, took place in Mumbai on Saturday.

Saif Ali Khan is the lead actor and co-producer of the film, while ‘Jab We Met’ fame Imtiaz Ali is directing the flick.

Saif Ali Khan spoke at length about the problem of [...]

London, June 28 (ANI): England middle-order bat Kevin Pietersen has said that his gruelling self-imposed Caribbean fitness regime caused his Achilles injury.

With the First Test against Australia just 10 days away, Pietersen is still not 100 per cent fit.

According to News of The World, Pietersen has already had a cortisone jab injected into the [...]

Washington, May 23 (ANI): Always dreaded those moments when the doctor got that syringe ready to painfully jab it into your arm? Well, not anymore, for scientists have now designed gold-plated nanoneedles that can deliver the medicine right into the tiny organs of cells and that [...]

London, May 01 (ANI): A team of researchers has claimed to have solved the mystery that intrigued the science world for decades: Whether or not fish feel pain?

And, the answer is yes. Just like humans, goldfish feel pain too.

Whilst the marine creatures can be seen to react to a jab or blow, experts have disagreed [...]

London, Apr 26 (ANI): A team of researchers has claimed to have solved the mystery that intrigued the science world for decades: Whether or not fish feel pain?

And, the answer is yes. Just like humans, goldfish feel pain too.

Whilst the marine creatures can be seen to react to a jab or blow, experts have disagreed [...]

Washington, April 16 (ANI): A single injection may soon revolutionise the treatment of pain during and after surgery, thanks to a promising slow-release anesthetic drug-delivery system developed by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston.

During an NIH-funded study, the researchers used specially designed fat-based particles called liposomes to package saxitoxin, a potent anesthetic, and produced long-lasting [...]

London, Apr 7 (ANI): Brit comedian Russell Brand has taunted Justice Secretary Jack Straw on his Twitter page saying, “No wonder your son took drugs.”

Brand, 33, decided to take a jab at Straw, 62, after he joined others in demanding that Jonathan Ross, [...]

A SESSIONS court on Monday appointed 40-year-old lawyer Anjali Ramesh Waghmare to defend Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Amir Kasab. She is a member of the state legal aid cell panel.
The proceedings will be conducted at the Arthur Road Central Jail from April 6. Special judge M.L. Tahilyani called Waghmare to his side and told [...]

London, February 18 (ANI): People are increasingly risking their health by turning to “tan jabs”, says an editorial.

Michael Evans-Brown of Liverpool John Moores University highlights the fact that drugs like Melanotan I and Melanotan II, used to tan the skin, are easily [...]

London, Feb 11 (ANI): A new vaccine to protect kids against meningitis B may be available by 2011, according to researchers.

Although vaccines are available for pneumococcal meningitis and the “C” and “Hib” types, scientists have struggled to find an effective vaccine for meningococcus B, reports Times Online.

Now, pharmaceutical company Novartis has developed a meningococcus B [...]