HPV vaccination: key factors studied
Published in The Hindu on September 11, 2008 A formative study was completed recently to understand the various facets of the society and health systems prior to introducing a vaccine…
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Editorial: A glimmer of hope
Published in The Hindu on August 23, 2008 The search for a safe and efficacious AIDS vaccine has received a shot in the arm. The Phase I trial, aimed primarily…
Phase I prime-boost vaccine trial to be conducted in Chennai, Pune
Published in The Hindu on August 16, 2008 Next year may see the start of a Phase I prime-boost AIDS vaccine trial at the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune,…
India: AIDS vaccine trial results encouraging
Published in The Hindu on August 16, 2008 The final results of Phase I Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA)-based AIDS vaccine trial conducted at the Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) here and…
Phase I prime-boost HIV vaccine trial planned
Published in The Hindu on August 11, 2008 The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), a New York based organisation, along with the ICMR and NACO, is planning to conduct Phase…
Editorial: Regulating stem cell research
Published in The Hindu on July 25, 2008 The saga of preparing the guidelines for stem cell research and therapy finally ended in November 2007 with their submission to the…
Register trials, insist Indian editors
Published in The Hindu on April 24, 2008 Publishing clinical trial results in Indian biomedical journals after January 2010 will become difficult unless the trials have already been registered. The…
Screening newborns for two metabolic disorders takes off
Published in The Hindu on March 20, 2008 After much delay, the screening of one lakh newborn babies over a three-year period for two inborn errors of metabolism — hypothyroidism…
