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A 30-minute treadmill workout can remodel your heart tissues
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 7 (ANI): Hitting treadmill for 30 minutes can remodel your heart tissues as expression of genes used to repair damaged DNA increased in response to endurance exercise, after a single session.
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This new year, add a little zinc to your diet
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 3 (ANI): Add a modest amount of zinc in your diet to reduce 'wear and tear' on DNA, suggests a study.
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Ancient DNA reveals genetic legacy of pandemics in the Americas
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 20(ANI): Tuberculosis, treponemal disease, Chagas disease, and many other pathogens were endemic to populations of Prehistoric America. But the "Columbian Exchange" beginning in 1492 introduced new pathogens to American populations, including smallpox, measles, in
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34 bodies of PIA flight crash victims identified
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 15 (ANI): The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has started receiving DNA reports of 48 victims of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight which crashed near Abbottabad on December 7, and so far bodies of 34 persons have been identified.
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DNA testing to be used to identify PIA crash victims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 8 (ANI): The victims of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crash which killed all the 48 people on the board will be identified by DNA testing, authorities said.
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Researchers discover novel way to analyze DNA modifications in glioblastom
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Nov.26 (ANI): In a recent research, the scientists have identified the functional role of two distinct DNA modifications in glioblastoma (GBM) tissues.
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DNA plays a role in selection of partners for educational achievement
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Nov. 25 (ANI): According to a recent study published in the journal Intelligence, people with genes for high educational achievement tend to marry, and have children with, people with similar DNA.
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'It has become part of Pakistan's DNA to lie': Former army
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 5 (ANI): Expressing his disappointment over the controversy surrounding last week's surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC), former army chief.
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DNA can reveal an individual's smoking history
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Sept. 23 (ANI): In a recent research conducted at the Harvard Medical School, scientists have found that DNA methylation, a process by which cells control gene activity and modifies the function of genes, could reveal a person's smoking history.
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Smoking leaves footprint on human genome
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept.22 (ANI): A new research says that smoking leaves its impression on the human genome in the form of DNA methylation, a process by which cells control gene activity.
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Ionising radiations damage DNA leading to cancer: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 13 (ANI): A recent research identifies two characteristic patterns of DNA damage caused by ionising radiation in human cancers.
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Predicting lung disease in infants
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 6 (ANI): Once thought to be sterile until after birth, the airway of an infant is actually colonized with bacteria or bacterial DNA when he is born, suggests a recent study.
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