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`We will break even in three years'
Chennai, where a private cord blood bank is situated, will soon have a public cord blood bank. Dr. P. Srinivasan, Director of Jeevan Blood Bank, Chennai, intends to start a public cord blood bank to run on a not-for-profit basis. He discusses some challenges that a public cord blood bank would face and how he intends to overcome them

Making a case for public cord blood banking
Storing cord blood in private banks as a `biological insurance' comes at a price
Number of HIV infections top 40 million worldwide
THE HIV/AIDS pandemic is continuing its deadly spread across the globe, infecting five million more people last year and bringing the total living with the virus to over 40 million, the U.N. said recently. UNAids tried to ...
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Get set for tomorrow's `Web of things'
The Tunis summit provided scary and exciting visions of the `next' Internet

Agriculture

FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Ideal amla variety for contract farming
The fruits are pale yellow in colour and taste bitter
Root grub in tapioca and coconut
Tapioca and coconut grown in the sandy lowlands have been affected
Farm Queries
Teakwood trees, unlike eucalyptus trees, do not cause drying of wells and borewells. Being strong with deep penetrating roots, if planted near homes they cause cracks in the floor and the walls. Mango intercrops What intercrops can ...

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