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DNA plays a role in selection of partners for educational achievement
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Climate change affects ecosystem adversely: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Nov. 11 (ANI): From genes to entire ecosystems, the global climate change has a devastating impact on every aspect of life on Earth, according to a new University of Florida study.
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New study uses brain receptors to suppress cocaine addiction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 13 (ANI): Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have used viruses to infect neurons with genes that allow them to switch on brain receptors involved in suppressing addiction relapse.
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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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DNA can reveal an individual's smoking history
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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Big Bang Theory casts top first four in Forbes 2016's Highest-Paid TV
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 23 (ANI): Ever since its genesis in 2007, American television sitcom, The Big Bang Theory has continued to mainstream everywhere.
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People with obesity in genes can also obtain gain from weight loss procedu
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [England], Sept. 21 (ANI): RA recent study shows that people, who have obesity in their genes, are as likely to benefit from fat reduction and weight loss programmes as those without.
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Sportsground.in to organise second edition of Corporate Monsoon Football L
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.15 (ANI): With an aim to develop sports culture and democratize the sports, Sportsground.in is set to promote 'sports for all' and provide them state of an art infrastructure to experience with. In our attempt to achieve the goal, Sportsground.in is organisi
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Two genes linked to enhanced breast cancer survival identified
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug. 19 (ANI): A new study of almost 2,000 patients shows that testing for the activity of two genes could pick out women who are at increased risk of dying from their breast cancers.
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What is the similarity between 'Yin and yang' switch, animal ste
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug .10 (ANI): A study says that a molecular switch that flips between different versions of genes could be crucial for maintaining stem cells across all animals from simple flatworms to humans.
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Could these genes drive you towards booze addiction?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 5 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered hundreds of genes and genetic codes that appear to play a role in increasing the desire to drink alcohol.
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There's no genetic line between happiness, depression
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 20 (ANI): It turns out, the same genes that make us prone to depression could also open us to positivity.
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