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Researchers reveal stem cells used to generate mini-brains of last male Su
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and cerebral organoids from the last male Malaysian Sumatran rhino, according to a study published in the journal iScience on October 20. As noted by the authors, the organoids could contribute to knowledge about the evolutionary p
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Neuroscientists look deep into the eyes of the octopus: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
By studying the visual system of an octopus, researchers hope to understand how its brain organization compares to that of humans and other vertebrates. Their results could provide insight into the evolution of visual systems across species.
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Indian Navy Training Team participates in Annual Species Forces and Diving
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Indian Navy's Training Team is in Mauritius for participating in the 13th edition of the Annual Species Forces and Diving Refresher Camp.
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Researchers discover a rare fossil clam alive
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Discovering a new species is always exciting, but so is finding one alive that everyone assumed had been lost to the passage of time. A small clam, previously known only from fossils, has recently been found living at Naples Point, just up the coast from UC Santa Barbara. The discovery appea
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Researchers discover cytoskeleton acts as cells' bouncer for bacteria
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.a.) are resistant to most antibiotics and cause life-threatening infections of wounds or the lungs. The P.a. bacteria species has an entire arsenal of strategies for evading the immune system and infecting tissue. Researchers working with Prof. Dr. Winfried Romer an
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Jharkhand: Woman arrested for smuggling 28 exotic species of Cobra
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Jharkhand police have arrested a woman for allegedly smuggling exotic snakes through a train at the Tatanagar Railway Station here.
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Dietary fiber promote inflammation in gut: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to researchers, a type of dietary fibre called inulin, which is used in health supplements and have certain anti-inflammatory properties, can also promote an allergy-related type of inflammation in the lung and gut, as well as other parts of the body.
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Study finds dietary fibre promote allergy-related type of inflammation in
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The researchers discovered that dietary inulin fiber change the metabolism of certain gut bacteria, which in turn triggers what scientists call type 2 inflammation in the gut and lungs.
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Research finds gut-brain connection for social behavior
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Social behavior is a complex phenomenon involving many parts of the brain. Researchers found that gut microorganisms cut out excess connections in brain circuits for social development.
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Researchers reveal how parasite injects protein into nucleus of immune cel
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The diverse functions of immune cells in the body are extremely rigorously controlled in order to combat infections. How Toxoplasma infects so many people and animal species and spreads so quickly has long been a mystery to scientists.
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Study finds hundreds of new mammal species waiting to be found
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that most of these hidden mammals are small-bodied, many of them bats, rodents, shrews, and moles.
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Study: Hybrid songbirds more likely to found in human-altered environments
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Study suggested why these chickadee hybrids are more common in places where humans have changed the landscape and also examine this correlation separate from climate change.
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