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Series of DNA variants linked to dyslexia identified during gene study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): For the first time scientists have pinpointed a large number of genes that are reliably associated with dyslexia. Around a third of the 42 genetic variants identified have been previously linked to general cognitive ability and educational attainment.
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Must follow COVID-appropriate behaviour, high-risk patients can get seriou
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, former Director of Delhi AIIMS, Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday urged the common people to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
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Mandaviya stresses on COVID Appropriate Behaviour amid emergence of new Om
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): With the emergence of new Omicron variant, the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stressed the need for community awareness for continued implementation of the COVID Appropriate Behaviour (CAB), especially in view of the upcoming festival season.<
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Wearing masks, Covid-appropriate behaviour to continue in country: Officia
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): A meeting of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya with the senior health officials regarding the emergence of Omicron's new sub-variants concluded with the decision to continue masks and COVID19-appropriate behaviour across the country, official sou
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Meeting between Mandaviya, senior health officials underway on Omicron new
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): A meeting between Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya along with senior health officials regarding the emergence of Omicron's new sub-variants is underway in the national capital on Tuesday, said sources.
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Omicron's new sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 are signals to be cautious: E
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is likely to issue a bulletin regarding Omicron's new sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 reported in India.
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Large-scale DNA study reveals genetic links to height
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): Researchers have identified over 12,000 genetic variants that influence a person's height.
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Ahead of 20th Party Congress, China detects new Omicron sub-variants in fr
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 11 (ANI): New Omicron sub-variants BF.7 and BA.5.1.7, which are highly infectious with greater transmissibility have been detected in China, in the latest COVID flare-up, which comes just ahead of the 20th Party Congress.
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Study shows age often plays bigger role than genetics in gene expression,
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Our genetics, the environment and our age all play important roles in our health, but which of these is the most important? A new study suggests that in many cases, age plays a more important role than genetics in determining which genes in our bodies are tu
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Minute Maid introduces Honey Infused and Vita Punch variants in Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Minute Maid, the Coca-Cola Company's fruit nutrition brand is expanding its portfolio in India with the launch of two new offerings in the country - 'Honey Infused' and 'Vita Punch' which will first be made available in Punjab.
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Strategies for cleansing indoor air essential to reducing virus spread
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
California [US], September 22 (ANI): Indoor air hygiene and building engineering controls will be essential in limiting the spread of airborne, highly contagious COVID-19 variants, together with vaccinations, masks, and testing.
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Genetic link associated with ability to move to music beats, says research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 19 (ANI): Sixty-nine genetic variants associated with beat synchronization, the ability to move in synchrony with the beat of the music, have recently been identified during the first large-scale genomic study of musicality.
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