The world’s most brilliant anti-AIDS vaccine applicant has proved insufficient. In place of defending volunteers from the fatal virus, the vaccine in fact finished up infecting numerous participants in its extensive clinical experiment on human beings.

The vaccine also failed to lessen the HIV quantity in the blood of those who got the infection, which was the second key objective of the study.

Soraav (Uttar Pradesh), Sept 25 : Homeopathic medicines, which were so far being used for curing human diseases, are now being used by farmers in Uttar Pradesh as a substitute for chemical pesticides.

Homeopathic medicines cost much less then chemical based medicines, and according to farmers, it also gives better results.

Swami Parmanand's homeopathic medicines for crops have become popular among the farmers living around Soraav division of Allahabad District.

Sydney, September 25 : Scientists from Australia, Europe and the US have found that a Chinese herb, which has been used to treat snakebites and boils for centuries, has the potential to fight HIV/AIDS.

The researchers say that an Asian violet known as Viola yedoensis contains tiny proteins that appear to kill off infected cells. Such anti-HIV and anti-bacterial qualities, say the researchers, make the plant a target for new drug therapies to treat the HIV virus.

Washington, Sept 25: Researchers at the University of Munich in Germany have found that circulating tumour cells (CTC), cancer cells circulating in the blood, can be detected before and after chemotherapy treatment, and so can be helpful in identifying patients who are likely to have a recurrence of cancer after the procedure.

Addressing a press conference at the European Cancer Conference (ECCO 14) on Monday, Dr. Julia Juckstock said that the results could help improve the design of trials of chemotherapy in breast cancer, and reduce costs to health services.

Washington, Sept 25: Hormone therapy in early post-menopause increases sexual interest, but has no effect on memory, a new study has revealed.

The study was led by Pauline Maki, associate professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

"Contrary to what we predicted, hormone therapy did not have a positive affect on memory performance in younger mid-life women," Maki said.

Washington, Sept 25: Researchers from the University of Warwick and University College London have found that while a lack of sleep doubles a person’s risk of death from cardiovascular diseases, too much of sleep can also have the same mortality effect from predominantly non-cardiovascular diseases.