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Study finds 3D structure responsible for gene expression
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Illinois [US], March 12 (ANI): Researchers from Northwestern University during a recent study, for the first time peered inside a human cell in order to have a look at a multi-subunit machine that is responsible for regulating gene expression.
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COVID-19 variant N440K spreading more in southern states: CSIR-CCMB
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) said there is emerging evidence that coronavirus variant N440K is spreading "a lot more" in southern states in the country.
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Code for cellular communication now broken by researchers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): A research team led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg has used a unique combination of methods to map the mechanism behind cellular communication. Knowledge of how cells communicate is an important key to understanding many biological systems
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Scientists develop platform to advance medicine research for cancer
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cleveland (Ohio) [US], February 9 (ANI): A new study published in Genome Biology features a new personalised platform developed by the Cleveland Clinic researchers that will help to accelerate advanced research on genomic medicine and genome-informed drug therapies for cancer mutations.
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Genes in some bats change due to deadly white-nose syndrome
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): Scientists during a recent study have found genetic variations between bats killed by white-nose syndrome and the bats that survived. This suggests that the surviving individuals rapidly evolved to resist the fungal disease.
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Mortality of cage-free egg-laying hens decline over time: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): A new study based on the largest-to-date analysis of commercial data on egg-laying hen mortality has found that mortality in higher-welfare cage-free housing systems decreases over time as management experience increases and knowledge accrues.
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CSIR-IGIB, SpiceHealth launch genome sequencing at Delhi's IGI airport
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], January 15 (ANI): CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) and SpiceHealth have partnered to set up a portable testing laboratory for genome sequencing at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport for all positive samples from international
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Govt lab in J-K's Anantnag aids Covid-19 testing efforts in Kashmir
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 2 (ANI): In a bid to enhance Covid-19 testing facilities in Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir administration recently inaugurated a new Molecular Biology Laboratory at Government Medical College in Anantnag.
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Punjab to send 5 pc of total positive samples per week to IGIB, NCDC to ch
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 30 (ANI): The Punjab Government has decided to send 5 per cent of total positive samples per week to Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other premier institutes to check new mutated strain
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Study: Haemoglobin was invented by a single gene
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 29 (ANI): During a new study scientists have shown that while haemoglobin appeared independently in several species, it actually descends from a single gene transmitted to all by their last common ancestor.
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6 UK returnees found positive for new coronavirus variant in India
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Six UK returnees have been found positive for the new UK variant coronavirus genome in India. The Union Health Minister stated that samples of three UK returnees have been tested and found positive for new UK strain in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, two in Centr
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Research reveals how brain distinguishes speech from noise
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington (US), December 21 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers provided the first physiological evidence that a foundational center of the brain influences how sound is processed by identifying a previously unknown neural circuit.
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