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A Science and Technology Blog

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Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Month: August 2018

HealthPodcastResearchScience

Podcast: New target to reverse iron overload disease

IGIB researchers have discovered a pathway that regulates hepcidin hormone production. The hepcidin hormone is a central regulator of iron

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Drug discoveryHealthRare genetic diseaseResearchScience

IGIB team finds a new target to reverse iron overload disease

IGIB researchers have discovered a pathway that regulates hepcidin hormone production. The hepcidin hormone is a central regulator of iron

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PublishingResearchResearch ethicsScience

Two scientists at Bose Institute have 14 papers with manipulated, duplicated images

A research group at the Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute, Kolkata has 14 problematic papers with image manipulation and/or duplication

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ResearchScienceScience communication

Internet-based India Science channel launched

Under the guidance of DST, Vigyan Prasar recently launched India Science, an Internet-based science channel, to showcase the recent developments in

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EbolaHealthMedicinePublic HealthScienceVaccinesWHOWorld Health Organisation

Can Congo again swiftly control Ebola spread, death?

Days after the WHO declared the end of the May 8 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a

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CancerDrug resistanceHealthOral cancerResearchScience

IISER Bhopal team strikes at the root of head and neck cancer growth

Researchers at IISER Bhopal have found that depleting the production of a specific protein kinase (PAK2) has a cascading effect

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Climate changeEcologyEnvironmentPodcastResearchScience

Podcast: How species can turn invasive in the same ecosystem

Fruit flies selected for dispersal evolved traits — increased aggression, exploration and activity — which together is more likely to make

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CancerHealthOral cancerPodcastResearchScience

Podcast: Striking at the root of head and neck cancer

Researchers at IISER Bhopal have found that depleting the production of a specific protein kinase (PAK2) has a cascading effect

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Climate changeEcologyEnvironmentResearchScience

IISER Pune find species can turn invasive in the same ecosystem

IISER researchers have been able to show that fruit flies selected for dispersal for as long as 69 generations have evolved

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HealthPolioPublic healthResearchScienceWHOWorld Health Organisation

Polio outbreaks in Congo raise global concern

The polio endgame is proving to be much more challenging with 28 children becoming paralysed by the circulating type 2 vaccine-derived

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HealthPodcastPublic HealthResearchScienceZika

Podcast: How Zika virus causes microcephaly

Pankaj Seth of National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) explains how he and his team identified the molecular and cellular mechanisms

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