Biotechnology Development Headquarter of Iran intends to introduce top and young researchers and unveil latest biotech industrial and research achievements of this field. According to the vice presidency for the science and technology, the first ceremony of introducing two groups of top and young researchers in the field of biotechnology will be held in the […]

TEHRAN — Harm reduction prevents spread of HIV and will help guarantee a great deal of drug users’ health, head of harm reduction office of Iran’s Welfare Organization has said, ISNA reported on Saturday. Harm reduction refers to policies, programmes and practices that aim primarily to reduce the adverse health, social and economic consequences of […]

Deputy Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Rasoul Saraeian reported a significant increase in Persian content production in cyberspace. “The share of Persian-language content in cyberspace has increased from 1.9 percent in 2016 to 1.9 percent this year, thus propelling Iran ahead of China and Turkey,” the deputy ICT minister said Saturday. He then noted the […]

A global new Monash-led study shows that deaths caused by severe heatwaves will increase specially in tropical and subtropical regions if people cannot adapt to future climate temperatures. Published today in PLOS Medicine, it is the first global study to predict future heatwave-related deaths and aims to help decision makers in planning adaptation and mitigation […]

There may be more habitable planets in the universe than we previously thought, according to geoscientists, who suggest that plate tectonics — long assumed to be a requirement for suitable conditions for life — are in fact not necessary. When searching for habitable planets or life on other planets, scientists look for biosignatures of atmospheric […]

Planet-warming greenhouse gases surged to new highs as abnormally hot temperatures swept the globe and ice melted at record levels in the Arctic last year due to climate change, a major US report said Wednesday. The annual State of the Climate Report, compiled by more than 450 scientists from over 60 countries, describes worsening climate […]

Canadian authorities said Monday they have been quietly collecting DNA of migrants and matching it to distant relatives using genealogical websites in order to establish their nationality. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it does so only in extreme cases — such as that of a man who claimed to be Guinean but was […]

Japanese researchers on Monday announced the first human trial using a kind of stem cell to treat Parkinson’s disease, building on earlier animal trials. The research team at Kyoto University plans to inject five million induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells — which have the potential to develop into any cell in the body — into […]

Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raeisi said that influenza vaccine will be produced domestically by next year.The required vaccines for 1.5 million babies per year have been supplied, Raeisi told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) adding there is no problem in this case. Regardless of the sanctions, ‘we are to make vaccines’ inside the country, […]

TEHRAN – Some 105 medical equipment produced by 23 Iranian companies are exported to 55 countries across the world, Reza Masaeli, an advisor to the health minister said on Sunday. “Currently, a total of 280,000 medical equipment is produced in the country,” Fars quoted Masaeli as saying. “In recent years, the production of medical equipment […]