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Genes responsible for fainting identified
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 17 (ANI): Fainting is not just caused by external factors, according to a recent study, which has identified the first gene that predisposes people to faint.
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Here's what controls the tips of our chromosomes
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 28 (ANI): In a new, a research team from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), led by Jose Escandell and Miguel Godinho Ferreira, discovered a key aspect of the regulation of telomeres – structures that appear at the tips of our chromosomes.
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Gene critical for male sex development identified
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 15 (ANI): A group of scientists from the Northwestern University has identified a key enhancer of Sox9 - a gene critical for male sex development.
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Counseling for pregnant women gets personalized
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 27 (ANI): New chromosome study can lead to personalised counseling of pregnant women, claims a team of researchers.
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Cells' 'Hail Mary' mechanism to rescue broken chromosomes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 5 (ANI): A recent study has found that the 'Hail Mary' mechanism can rescue the cells with severely damaged chromosomes and insights into this method could lead to new cancer therapies.
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Male sans the Y chromosome: a step towards better understanding sex differ
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 3 (ANI): Taking us a step ahead to understand sex differentiation, a recent study has revealed that key sex-determining genes continue to operate in a mammalian species that lacks the Y chromosome.
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