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Interrupting RNA activity can improve survival chances in pancreatic cance
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Nagoya [Japan], April 24 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers uncovered a molecular pathway that enhances chemotherapy resistance in some pancreatic cancer patients. A patient's response to therapy and their overall survival chance can be increased by targeting an RNA to interrupt its a
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Study finds cracks in resistance of harmful hospital bugs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study identified critical factors that enable dangerous bacteria to spread disease by surviving on surfaces in hospitals and kitchens.
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Genetics may determine wound infection, healing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Texas [US], April 19 (ANI): A recent study led by Texas Tech's Department of Biological Sciences and Natural Science Research Laboratory determined that certain genes are associated with the pathogens that infect chronic wounds and hinder the healing process.
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Researchers find clues to sex differences in autism
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): While it is unclear why autism occurs much more frequently in boys than in girls. In a new Yale-led study, researchers find that autism may develop in different regions of the brain in girls than boys and that girls with autism have a larger number of genetic
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Researchers find a new treatment for rare muscular disease
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cincinnati (Ohio) [US], April 16 (ANI): University of Cincinnati researchers have found a newer, more effective treatment for the disease Pompe that could become the new standard of care for the rare condition.
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Study shows Ferret resistance to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 16 (ANI): A study of 29 ferrets, which have been shown in laboratory studies to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, in a home with constant exposure to two human adults with symptomatic disease, one of whom was confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2, finds no evidence of vir
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Study reveals genetic link between depression and anxiety
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], April 16 (ANI): New Australian research, led by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, has identified 509 genes that influence both depression and anxiety - confirming a genetic relationship between the mental health conditions.
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Study suggests simple genetic modification aims to stop mosquitoes spreadi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb malaria, suggests a preliminary study published today in eLife.
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Breakthrough discovery could speed up bone implant recovery
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], April 9 (ANI): An international research team led by Monash University has uncovered a new technique that could speed up recovery from bone replacements by altering the shape and nucleus of individual stem cells.
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Single-cell transcriptomic technologies advanced by new method
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Oxford [UK], April 8 (ANI): Single-cell transcriptomics allows scientists to identify the genes that are active in each individual cell type, and discover how these genetic differences change cellular identity and function.
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Australia: Indian-origin girl with ultra-rare fatal disease waiting for tr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], April 8 (ANI): Twelve-year-ago, life was going well for Indian-origin Neeraj Sawhney and his wife Vandana in Australia, they were blessed with their first kid, a baby girl. They named her Trisha.
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Khushi Fertility & IVF Centre rules out mental retardation in babies
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 30 (ANI/PNN): In a first-of-its-kind multidimensional IVF treatment in the country, Khushi Fertility and IVF Centre, a pioneering Bengaluru -based fertility centre specialising in the latest Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) implemented Clinical Ex
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