China to set up newborns, embryos genome databases supriya kashyap kashyap8 Aug 2016 9:56 AM ISTBeijing : A genome project for newborn babies was launched in China on Sunday to aid the early identification and treatment of hereditary...
Retroviruses almost half a billion years old says Oxford Research supriya kashyap kashyap11 Jan 2017 11:30 AM ISTRetroviruses the family of viruses that includes HIV are almost half a billion years old, according to new research by scientists at Oxford...
75 per cent of human gene is junk DNA: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 July 2017 9:21 AM ISTHOUSTON : As much as 75 per cent of our genome consists of junk DNA, according to a study which contradicts that majority of our genes are...
'Super bugs' study reveals complex picture of E. coli blood stream infections Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 July 2017 9:48 AM ISTThe first large-scale genetic study of Escherichia coli (E. coli) cultured from patients with blood stream infections in England showed that drug...
Scientists create safer pig organs with goal of transplants for humans Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Aug 2017 11:00 AM ISTScientists at a Massachusetts company seeking to make pig organs safe enough to be transplanted into humans have used gene-editing technology to clone...
Study finds impotence has a genetic basis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli10 Oct 2018 8:25 PM ISTIn a new study, scientists have reportedly uncovered the first evidence that erectile dysfunction or impotence may have a genetic basis. The study...
CMC Vellore to conduct 1st clinical trial in haemophilia gene editing Vinay Singh singh28 Dec 2018 8:28 PM ISTGene editing is a very powerful technology as over 50 million people live in India today with Mendelian rare diseases and many of these are in some...
