Abhishek Shukla
New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) Every 25th Indian carries a
mutant gene which makes the person vulnerable to an "almost

SANAL'A, Jan. 17 (Saba) - A workshop on the National Strategy for Protection from AIDS and combating it for 2009-2015 was held in Sana'a on Saturday.

Rafah, Jan 17 (ANTARA) - A team of volunteers from Medical Rescue Committee (MER-C) Indonesia was allowed to enter Gaza Strip in Palestine on Saturday.

OSAKA, Jan. 18 Kyodo -
The first combined transplantation of a heart and lungs in Japan was
successfully completed Saturday at Osaka University Hospital using organs from

New York, Jan 17 (PTI) Using a NASA radar flying aboard
India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their
first look inside the moon's coldest and darkest craters.

Tour de France legend and cancer campaigner Lance Armstrong says he's optimistic of getting extra funding from incoming US president Barack Obama to fight the disease.

Farmers opposed to genetically modified (GM) crops have welcomed the results of the
first independent trials of GM canola, which show it produced similar yields to

KUALA TERENGGANU (Malaysia), Jan 16 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi said Thursday a decision on the teaching of Science and Mathematics

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial authorities and private
lenders are again considering mounting a face-detection system on automated

New Delhi, Jan 15 (PTI) Painting a grim picture for maternal and child health in India, a new international study shows only marginal betterment in vital parameters of mother and child care.