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ICMR releases draft guidelines to treat rare genetic diseases
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13, (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday released the draft guidelines for ensuring that rare genetic therapies and clinical trials can be performed in an ethical, scientific and safe manner in India.
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Genetic discovery holds implications for better immunity, longer life: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 22 (ANI): A new study suggests that wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm 'Caenorhabditis Elegans' might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans.
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Study highlights how much sunshine does your body needs to cause melanoma
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 21 (ANI): The researchers at the QIMR Berghofer have shown that there are 22 different genes that help to determine how much a person should be exposed to the sun before developing melanoma.
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Genetics may determine whose kidney benefits from dietary compound
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 18 (ANI): A recent study suggests that not everyone's kidney gets benefited from the dietary compound they consume, instead kidney health may depend on an individual's genetics.
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Novel process discovers how microbes harvest electrons!
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 18 (ANI): Ever since scientists discovered that certain microbes can get their energy from electrical charges, researchers have wondered how they do it.
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Taller people may develop atrial fibrillation: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 15 : Taller people are more likely to develop atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular and often rapid heartbeat that can lead to stroke, heart failure, and other complications, says a recent study.
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Two strains of one bacterium combine to cause flesh-eating infection: Stud
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 12 (ANI): A new study used genetic analysis to reveal how two different strains of a single species of flesh-eating bacteria worked in concert to become more dangerous than either one strain alone.
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Technologies which will change our life in the next decade
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): For the first time human life changed significantly in the 20th century after several centuries of incremental progress. After hundreds of years of social, economic and political change technology were the harbinger of a complete transformation. Commercial el
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'Regular exercise may reduce depression risk'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Massachusetts [US], Nov 6 (ANI): Regular exercise may reduce the risk of depression, even in people who are genetically prone to the condition, according to a new study.
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Weight-loss surgery likely to cause genetic risk for developing breast can
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 5 (ANI): In a recent study it has been found that women with a genetic predisposition for breast cancer were 2.5 times more likely to develop a malignancy than women with the same genetic risk who underwent bariatric or weight-loss surgery.
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Young mothers more likely to give birth to children with ADHD
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): Among a number of other problems which kids born to young mothers suffer, the likelihood of having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the latest findings highlighted in a study.
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Study finds breakthrough in understanding rare genetic skin condition
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 24 (ANI): Researchers have found a method to understand a rare genetic skin disease that results in progressively enlarging skin tumours over the scalp, face, and body.
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