IACS team designs logic devices for DNA-based computation
IACS scientists have designed DNA-based logic devices that would find application in DNA-based computation. The reusable YES and INHIBIT logic
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CDFD researchers find common genetic variants for skin colour in Indians
People in south India have darker skin as reflected in the higher mean melanin index of 48 compared with those
Read MoreThe promise of CRISPR
In a first, researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University along with colleagues in California, China and South Korea
Read MoreOstriches existed in India over 25,000 years ago, DNA evidence shows
Based on a DNA analysis of a fossilised eggshell fragment of ostrich, Indian researchers have for the first time found
Read MoreIISc researchers find endosulfan causes DNA damage in animals
For the first time, researchers in India have found that mice and rats exposed to endosulphan suffer from DNA damage
Read MoreIISc: endosulfan induces infertility in male mice
If an association between the widely used pesticide, endosulfan and male infertility has been found in the case of humans
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Less risk of skin cancer if exposed to UV radiation in the morning: Nobel Laureate Aziz Sancar
“If you really must go to a tanning booth, do it in the morning,” Aziz Sancar, from the University of
Read MoreEditorial: Fear unfounded
With Britain recently deciding to proceed with draft regulations on the mitochondria replacement technique for preventing women from transmitting mitochondrial
Read More80 % of human genome has an active role or function
Published in The Hindu on September 6, 2012 In 2001, scientists thought only 20,000 genes comprising about one per cent
Read MoreLinking genetic changes to human diseases become easy
Published in The Hindu on October 13, 2011 The parts of the human genome that control when and where genes
Read MoreEditorial: Indo-African gene admixture
Published in The Hindu on July 28, 2011 India is a classic example of genetic potpourri. Though the Ancestral South
Read More1000 Genome-Wide Association Studies lack global coverage
Published in The Hindu on July 14, 2011 Ever since the human genome was successfully sequenced, scientists have found over
Read MoreEditorial: Believe it or not
Published in The Hindu on June 15, 2011 If our knowledge of the number of unicellular and multicellular organisms found
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