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Internet During Mahabharat? Nobel Prize Winner's Reality Check
Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry Dr Venki Ramakrishnan has agreed to reality check all such claims in great detail.
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After "Kaurava " Blunder, Science Congress To Amend Policy On Speakers
Facing widespread ridicule after two of its invitees made unscientific claims during their lectures; the Indian Science Congress (ISC) has decided to go for a policy change, which will include stipulating a process of selection of speakers and scrutinizing the content of their speech.
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Amartya Sen Slams Intolerance, Says Why Not Rename "Science"
Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen has taken a leaf out of the BJP book and suggested the renaming of two things -- the "science" that claims Kauravas were test-tube babies, and Nalanda, the university which no longer conforms to the Buddhist ideals it once stood for.
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Science Body Responds To Claim "Kauravas Were Test-Tube Babies"
A voluntary science body Saturday condemned the ''Kauravas were test tube babies'' claim made in the Indian Science Congress held in Punjab's Jalandhar, saying it was "wrong to mix mythology and science".
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Kauravas Of Mahabharata Were Test-Tube Babies: Andhra University Head
The Vice Chancellor of Andhra University has said that India possessed the knowledge of stem cell research, test tube fertilisation and even guided missiles thousands of years ago, providing as evidence, tales from the Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana.
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Pakistan's Top Shariat Court Legalises 'Test Tube Babies'
Pakistan's top Shariat court has validated the option of using 'test tube baby' method for conceiving for the married couples having some medical complications.
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Mumbai's First Test Tube Baby Becomes Mother
Twenty-nine years after she became famous as Mumbai's first test tube baby, Harsha Chawda Shah is now herself a proud mother of a baby boy.
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Baby Born After Surviving As Frozen Embryo For 12 Years In China
A healthy baby has been born in China's northwest Shaanxi Province from an embryo frozen 12 years ago, the country's longest preserved test tube baby.
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Storm in a Test Tube: Dolce and Gabbana Slam Elton John Over IVF Babies Row
The designers, who are gay and were in a long-term relationship with each other a few years ago, said it was the veteran British singer who was being judgemental
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US panel debates three-parent embryos
A US advisory board on Wednesday debated a controversial new technique that would use DNA from three people to produce embryos free of a particular type of hereditary disease.
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Number of test-tube babies born in US hits record percentage
More test-tube babies were born in the United States in 2012 than ever before, and they constituted a higher percentage of total births than at any time since the technology was introduced in the 1980s, according to a report released on Monday.
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First test-tube baby born after new, cheaper genome screening
The first test-tube baby to come from an embryo screened for genetic defects using a new, low-cost technique that could improve in-vitro fertilisation success rates was born last month and is a healthy boy.
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British 'test tube baby' pioneer Robert Edwards dies
Robert Edwards, a British Nobel prize-winning scientist who pioneered the development of "test tube babies" conceived through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), died on Wednesday after a long illness, his university said.
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Chinese couple with eight test tube babies faces hefty fines
In a rare case in modern China, a wealthy couple who had eight children apparently due to fertility treatment may face hefty fines for violating the country's one child policy. The octuplets were delivered by the wife and two surrogate mothers separately, but the births may be ruled as violating the country's family planning policy.
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Frozen sperms for test-tube babies
Frozen sperm works just as well as fresh when trying to make test-tube babies for infertile couples, according to recent research, a finding that should take some of the pressure off would-be fathers.
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Internet During Mahabharat? Nobel Prize Winner's Reality Check
Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry Dr Venki Ramakrishnan has agreed to reality check all such claims in great detail.
-
After "Kaurava " Blunder, Science Congress To Amend Policy On Speakers
Facing widespread ridicule after two of its invitees made unscientific claims during their lectures; the Indian Science Congress (ISC) has decided to go for a policy change, which will include stipulating a process of selection of speakers and scrutinizing the content of their speech.
-
Amartya Sen Slams Intolerance, Says Why Not Rename "Science"
Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen has taken a leaf out of the BJP book and suggested the renaming of two things -- the "science" that claims Kauravas were test-tube babies, and Nalanda, the university which no longer conforms to the Buddhist ideals it once stood for.
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Science Body Responds To Claim "Kauravas Were Test-Tube Babies"
A voluntary science body Saturday condemned the ''Kauravas were test tube babies'' claim made in the Indian Science Congress held in Punjab's Jalandhar, saying it was "wrong to mix mythology and science".
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Kauravas Of Mahabharata Were Test-Tube Babies: Andhra University Head
The Vice Chancellor of Andhra University has said that India possessed the knowledge of stem cell research, test tube fertilisation and even guided missiles thousands of years ago, providing as evidence, tales from the Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana.
-
Pakistan's Top Shariat Court Legalises 'Test Tube Babies'
Pakistan's top Shariat court has validated the option of using 'test tube baby' method for conceiving for the married couples having some medical complications.
-
Mumbai's First Test Tube Baby Becomes Mother
Twenty-nine years after she became famous as Mumbai's first test tube baby, Harsha Chawda Shah is now herself a proud mother of a baby boy.
-
Baby Born After Surviving As Frozen Embryo For 12 Years In China
A healthy baby has been born in China's northwest Shaanxi Province from an embryo frozen 12 years ago, the country's longest preserved test tube baby.
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Storm in a Test Tube: Dolce and Gabbana Slam Elton John Over IVF Babies Row
The designers, who are gay and were in a long-term relationship with each other a few years ago, said it was the veteran British singer who was being judgemental
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US panel debates three-parent embryos
A US advisory board on Wednesday debated a controversial new technique that would use DNA from three people to produce embryos free of a particular type of hereditary disease.
-
Number of test-tube babies born in US hits record percentage
More test-tube babies were born in the United States in 2012 than ever before, and they constituted a higher percentage of total births than at any time since the technology was introduced in the 1980s, according to a report released on Monday.
-
First test-tube baby born after new, cheaper genome screening
The first test-tube baby to come from an embryo screened for genetic defects using a new, low-cost technique that could improve in-vitro fertilisation success rates was born last month and is a healthy boy.
-
British 'test tube baby' pioneer Robert Edwards dies
Robert Edwards, a British Nobel prize-winning scientist who pioneered the development of "test tube babies" conceived through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), died on Wednesday after a long illness, his university said.
-
Chinese couple with eight test tube babies faces hefty fines
In a rare case in modern China, a wealthy couple who had eight children apparently due to fertility treatment may face hefty fines for violating the country's one child policy. The octuplets were delivered by the wife and two surrogate mothers separately, but the births may be ruled as violating the country's family planning policy.
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Frozen sperms for test-tube babies
Frozen sperm works just as well as fresh when trying to make test-tube babies for infertile couples, according to recent research, a finding that should take some of the pressure off would-be fathers.
