November 19th, 2008 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
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Sydney, Nov 19 (IANS) Researchers have launched the world's first detailed map of the kangaroo genome. The map and sequence will open up new areas of research into how genes are turned ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): The theory that hair first appeared in mammals has been challenged by scientists from the Medical University of Vienna, who claim that our hair is rooted in ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): A team of researchers have carried out the largest study of differences between human and chimpanzee genomes, identifying regions that have been duplicated or lost during evolution ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
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London, November 6 (ANI): Washington University scientists have for the first time decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient, and traced her disease to its genetic roots.
The breakthrough resulted from ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): What was earlier considered to be "junk" DNA has now been found to be an important ingredient distinguishing humans from other species, say scientists at the Genome ...
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October 31st, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 31 (ANI): Researchers at UC Davis Cancer Center have discovered that the HER2 gene itself is the key behind the aggressiveness of HER2-positive breast cancer.
They found that HER2 ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
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London, September 29 (ANI): Scientists have found that one of the genes necessary for jellyfish to sting is similar to a gene in bacteria, suggesting the ancestors of the marine animal ...
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September 13th, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Sept 13 (ANI): While choosing a partner, American couples tend to look for new immune genes, whereas, Africans prefer to stick to the ones they''ve got, a new study has ...
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August 21st, 2008 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Sydney, Aug 21 (IANS) Queensland University researchers have traced the evolution of nerves to one of the unlikeliest objects in existence - the marine sponge. "Sponges have one of the most ancient ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 28 (IANS) Advanced DNA sequencing technologies will help hone diagnosis and track how typhoid fever spreads and kills 600,000 people every year. The first-ever comprehensive study of multiple samples of ...
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July 28th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington , July 28 (ANI): A first of its kind study on next-generation DNA sequencing technologies has revealed new genetic signatures that may enable researchers to track and tackle typhoid, a ...
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June 12th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 12 (ANI): A genetic study has revealed that the woolly mammoth was not one large homogenous group and had split into two groups, with one of the groups dying ...
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May 18th, 2008 - 12:52 pm ICT by admin
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Tel Aviv, May 18 (ANI): A mathematician from the Tel Aviv University has claimed that the human race was genetically divided into two separate groups within Africa for as much as ...
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May 17th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by admin
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Tel Aviv, May 17 (ANI): A mathematician from the Tel Aviv University has claimed that the human race was genetically divided into two separate groups within Africa for as much as ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, May 15 (ANI): A team of scientists has made a breakthrough in capturing microorganisms that are known to dramatically reduce the oceanic emission of methane into the atmosphere.
Dr Annelie Pernthaler ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 11:29 am ICT by admin
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Washington, May 8 (IANS) Scientists have decoded the genome of one of the most unusual creatures in existence - the duck-billed platypus. And now they know why it is part bird, part ...
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April 30th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by admin
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London, Apr 30 (ANI): Researchers are about to map the full range of genetic mutations that drive 50 types of cancer in a 500 million pounds international project that promises to ...
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April 25th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 25 (IANS) Using a mix of geometry, biological research and techniques compatible with supercomputers, scientists have shown for the first time in 3-d space how a genome is organised. Researchers ...
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April 19th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 19 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have shown, for the first time, how a genome is organized in three-dimensional space.
For the study, the team used ...
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April 10th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , Apr 10 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that a variant of the gene, known as CHI3L1, is responsible for an increased risk of asthma, bronchial ...
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March 26th, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by admin
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London, March 26 (IANS) Did you know that there are as many 600 different microbes who live in your mouth? And to know them by name, all you need to turn to ...
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March 25th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): With the help of a new mathematical model scientists at Michigan Technological University have successfully identified 11 gene variations associated with type 2 diabetes.
They have developed new ...
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March 15th, 2008 - 11:39 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Imagine a world where synthetically made microorganisms will suck up excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into fuel. It's not the imagination of a ...
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March 15th, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , Mar 15 (ANI): In a study on mice, veterinary researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered an X chromosome gene, TEX11, which, if disrupted, may render males sterile ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Feb 29 (ANI): A gene in Asian monkeys that may have developed as a defence against lentiviruses, the group of viruses that includes HIV, has been identified by researchers at the ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by admin
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Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) A gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as a defence against lentiviruses, the group that includes HIV, has been identified by Harvard Medical School researchers. The ...
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February 25th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by admin
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London, February 25 (ANI): A team of scientists from Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute has developed a chemical toolkit for manipulating mitochondriatiny organelles floating around in cellular cytoplasm that are often ...
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February 15th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by admin
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Washington , Feb 15 (ANI): After performing a complete scan of the human genome, researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Oxford found that a genetic variant in ...
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January 28th, 2008 - 12:46 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): A new research by a marine microbial ecologist at the University of Georgia in US has suggested that bacteria in coastal waters perform a much wider range of ...
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January 22nd, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, January 22 (ANI): Ongoing research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health in the US, has highlighted the evolution and ...
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