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COVID-19: INSACOG to release genomic surveillance bulletin on Delta Plus v
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing Consortia (INSACOG) - a consortium of four city clusters -- Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Pune -- will formally release the genomic surveillance bulletin on Delta Plus variant soon, according to government sources.
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Four lions at Chennai's Arignar Anna Zoological Park found infected with d
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 19 (ANI): The Genome sequencing analysis of four samples taken from lions at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur revealed that they were all affected by the delta (B.1.617.2) variant of COVID-19.
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Genomics-informed decisions can help save species from extinction: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 6 (ANI): Researchers in Copenhagen, Norwich and Lund University have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important- yet neglected- role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species.
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Delta variant prime suspect in COVID-19 cases across Varanasi: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi has collaboratively sequenced genomes of coronavirus variants in Varanasi and adjoining areas and have come across at least seven major strains of
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Ethnic diversity helps identify more genomic regions linked to diabetes-re
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 1 (ANI): By including multi-ethnic participants, a large scale genetic study by the University of Exeter has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted in Europe alone.
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Ethnic diversity helps identify more genomic regions linked to diabetes-re
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Exeter [UK], May 31 (ANI): A largescale genetic study, by including multi-ethnic participants, has recently identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted on Europeans alone.
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Scientists reveal roots of major depression in all its genetic complexity
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A massive genome-wide association study (GWAS) of genetic and health records of 1.2 million people from four separate data banks has identified 178 gene variants linked to major depression, a disorder that will affect one of every five people during their lifet
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Study identifies risk for some childhood cancer patients developing second
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 30 (ANI): Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge found that in children with neuroblastoma - a cancer of immature nerve cells - treatment with platinum chemotherapy caused changes to the genome that could then cause leukaemia in some ch
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Researchers develop tool to accurately evaluate CRISPR genome editing
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers from the IDC Herzliya and Bar-Ilan University developed a novel software tool to quantify potential CRISPR-induced errors. CRISPR is the technology that allows researchers to edit genomes by altering DNA sequences and by thus
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Scientists indentify viruses in human genes that damage brain development
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 23 (ANI): As new study has been able to prove for the first time that activation of distinct human endogenous retroviruses, which are part of our genome, impair brain development dramatically.
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Researchers identify regions of genome that increase risk for bipolar diso
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 17 (ANI): During the largest genetic study of bipolar disorder to date, researchers identified 64 regions of the genome containing DNA variations that increase the risk of bipolar disorder more than double the number previously identified.
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16 COVID-19 variants found active in Uttarakhand, says state health dept
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): At least 16 variants of coronavirus have been found active in Uttarakhand, according to a report of samples sent by the state government for genome sequencing for the virus.
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