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Study finds way to deliver clinically used gene therapy vectors
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers examined the safety and practicality of gene delivery to several brain regions in animals using a noninvasive, ultrasound-based approach, and their findings imply that when more locations are opened, gene delivery effectiveness improves within each targeted site.
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Assam: 5 arrested with 8 rare species of animals including White-faced Mon
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In a joint operation, police and forest officials rescued eight animals of rare species including Panamanian White-faced Capuchin (Cebus imitator- a rare species of monkey) and Black Gorillas from an area of Assam's Cachar district along Assam-Mizoram border on Monday, said a police official
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New study reveals how bats evolved to avoid cancer
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a new study published in Genome Biology and Evolution by Oxford University Press, rapid evolution in bats may explain the animals' unique ability to host and survive infections as well as avoid cancer.
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Sewage discharge is worse for rivers than agriculture: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New research from the University of Oxford, published ahead of World Rivers Day (September 24), finds that sewage flow into rivers has a bigger influence on water quality and the animals and plants that live in rivers than surrounding land development. The findings were published in Global
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Study finds how bats evolved to avoid cancer
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A new research published by Oxford University Press in Genome Biology and Evolution suggests that rapid evolution in bats may explain the animals' unique capacity to host and survive infections as well as avoid cancer.
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Hamdan International Photography Award, Dubai Safari Park frame Dubai's na
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The series of competitions included three categories: “Portfolio” competition, whose entries were received on the award's official website www.hipa.ae; the “Instagram” contest for individual photos, with the following three themes: My Favourite Animal, Just Birds, and Animals in Motion.
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Ground-nesting birds design their nests to hide from predators: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to new research, ground-nesting birds known as lapwings exploit the design of their nests and surroundings to hide from predators.
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Wolves, dogs appear to remember where people hid food: Research
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In a research involving many wolves and dogs, both animals did better at finding hidden food if they had previously watched the food being hidden by a person, implying that they remembered where the food was and did not rely simply on scent to discover it. Sebastian Vetter of the University
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Some spiders may transfer mercury contamination to land animals: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Many spiders sit patiently in their webs, waiting for prey to come to them. Arachnids that live near lakes and rivers eat aquatic insects like dragonflies. However, if these insects live in mercury-contaminated streams, the metal can be passed on to the spiders that feed on them. Researchers
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CIA tried to 'cover up' findings that COVID lab leak was likely, reveal
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A new whistlesblower testimony has alleged that in a letter sent to the chief of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns on Tuesday, a senior CIA officer told House committee leaders that his agency tried to pay off six analysts who discovered SARS-CoV-2 likely originated in a Wuhan
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IIT Mandi director’s view that landslides occur due to killing of animals
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Calling his views "unscientific' and "insensitive" and "drive to influence" students, Shad asked the professor to offer an immediate unconditional apology to the people of Himachal Pradesh.
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Odisha’s Nandankanan welcomes new guests from Aizwal Zoo
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"The animals brought to Nandankanan Zoo from Aizawl Zoo included - one pair of Hoolock Gibbon (a 4-year-old-male and a 13-year-old-female), one pair of Pig Tailed Macaque (7-year-old male and female) and one Himalayan Black Bear (11-year-old-female)," said authorities at Nandankanan Zoo.
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