November 21st, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): In a new study on plants, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh have provided evidence of the first stages of the evolution of separate sexes - a ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Nov 13 (IANS) A doctor in Germany seems to have pulled off the impossible by curing a 42-year-old AIDS patient with the help of bone marrow transplant, normally used in ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Researchers from Berlin''s Charite hospital were successfully able to ward off HIV virus from a patients body with the help of bone marrow transplantation.
According to the ...
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November 4th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) Seasonal affective disorder or SAD can be a debilitating depression that begins in the autumn and continues through winter. A new study indicates that SAD may be linked ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Melbourne, October 20 (ANI): Australian doctors have found out the reason why a 41-year-old woman had to spend four decades puzzled by a pungent body odour "resembling rotting fish" an incurable ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 17 (ANI): Scientists are now recruiting dogs as research models to study genetic mutations that led to diseases in humans.
"Dogs get very similar diseases to humans," said Kerstin ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Oct 17 (IANS) Man's most loyal and sincere friend, the dog is now helping scientists hunt for genetic mutations, the source of diseases in humans.A new consortium called LUPA will coordinate ...
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October 7th, 2008 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
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London, Oct 7 (IANS) Man in the developed world has stopped evolving, a British genetics expert has said, because they no longer have to struggle to survive and natural selection does not ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sept 26 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, a University of Missouri researcher is producing pigs born with cystic fibrosis (CF) that mimic the exact symptoms of human CF, and may ...
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September 20th, 2008 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Sydney, Sept 20 (ANI): Google co-founder Sergey Brin has launched a personal blog, on which he has revealed that he has a genetic mutation that increases his chances of contracting Parkinson''s ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
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London, September 15 (ANI): Genetic studies conducted on patients with glioblastoma, the most common type of brain cancer, in America suggest that this disease should be treated as two disease not ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 12 (ANI): While mad cow disease has been thought to be a foodborne disease for years, a new study has shown that a genetic mutation also causes it.
"We ...
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September 9th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 9 (ANI): A genetic mutation that protects child from the devastating effects of a mothers malaria infection has been identified.
Among 565 women in the Tanzanian district of Muheza, lead ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 21 (IANS) Researchers have found that infusions of a particular bone marrow stem cell seem to protect gastrointestinal tissue from autoimmune attack in mice. A team from Massachusetts General Hospital ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): A new study in mouse model has shown that infusions of a particular bone marrow stem cell appears to control inflammatory bowel disease.
Researchers at the Massachusetts General ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
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London, August 21 (ANI): An experimental oral drug, PTC124, has been found to address the underlying genetic defect responsible for cystic fibrosis in the second phase of its clinical trials in ...
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August 20th, 2008 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Aug 20 (ANI): A US couple found a kitten with an extra set of ears two years ago and made it part of their family.
Valerie and Ted Rock were in ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Aug 15 (ANI): A gene, called the Rheb GTPase, has been identified as a novel oncogene that holds promise as a new chemotherapeutic target, according to two independent studies.
In the ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) A mutation that is behind a childhood tumour syndrome also slows down growth hormone secretion, according to Washington University School of Medicine researchers. The discovery provides new insights ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 29 (ANI): A new study has rebuffed the theory that seafaring Polynesians and their chickens beat Columbus to the Americas by a century.
In 2007, a chicken bone found ...
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July 22nd, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 22 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre have found that a protein previously suspected in inhibiting DNA repair actually promotes it and prevents ...
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July 18th, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 18 (ANI): New research by an Indian-origin researcher has revealed that flies with a genetic mutation sleep at least 80 per cent less than normal ones.
Amita Sehgal, a ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 16 (ANI): A new collaborative study by scientists at Children''s Hospital Boston and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, has cited the discovery ...
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July 15th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 15 (ANI): Two research teams from the University of Washington in Seattle and University College London have discovered that an over active immune response in the bloodstream and the ...
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July 9th, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Sweden''s Karolinska Institute have found that a particular gene variant might make women more vulnerable to alcoholism.
According to their ...
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June 23rd, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 23 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have found that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction inflicted by a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis ...
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June 23rd, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, June 23 (IANS) An FDA-approved drug has been found to reverse brain dysfunction, caused by a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis complex, that also afflicts half of autism patients. The finding ...
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June 18th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington , June 18 (ANI): Oncologists at Ohio State University have found that a gene mutation responsible for some cases of acute leukaemia can even improve the effect of a specific ...
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June 2nd, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , June 2 (ANI): Researchers in Turkey have found that genetic mutations are responsible for humans walking upright, and not on all fours.
A research team led by Professor Tayfun Ozcelik, ...
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June 1st, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by admin
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London, June 1 (ANI): Forget cutting on the calories or exercising, if it's longevity youre trying to nab, then you might want to consider spending more time with members of the ...
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