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Winners of 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 7, 2015

Tomas Lindahl (United Kingdom), Paul Modrich (US) and Aziz Sancar (US) have jointly won 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has chosen them for their research on mechanistic studies of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) repair. Their work ..

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Endophytic alga species found in Indian Ocean

March 15, 2015

Researchers have found Endophytic alga belonging to Ulvella leptochaete species thriving in the Indian Ocean. This species of alga is originally inhabitant to the seas around the British Isles and the East China Sea. It belongs to a type known ..

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UK becomes 1st country to legalise creation babies using DNA three-person

February 25, 2015

United Kingdom has become the first country to legalise the creation of three-parent IVF designer babies using Mitochondrial Donation Technique. In this regard, House of Lords has voted in voted in favour of the Bill that amends the Human Fertilisation ..

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“1000 Genomes Project”: Global genomes decoded to trace disease roots

November 6, 2012

 What is the “1000 Genomes Project”? Scientists working for The 1,000 Genomes Project have decoded the genomes of more than 1,000 people from 14 ethnic global groups. It is the largest and most detailed compilation of human DNA variations, to ..

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New Gene Therapy Method to prevent certain genetic diseases tested

October 29, 2012

Researchers have devised a method that will prevent certain genetic diseases from passing from mother to child.  The technique prevents the transfer of defective DNA from the mitochondria of the mother egg cell to child. What is the method? In ..

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Researchers identify new molecules which can malarial parasites rapidly

October 28, 2012

Researchers have discovered two new chemical compounds that can speedily kill the Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria. Around 3 million deaths are caused by Malaria every year, and it is dominant in tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. ..

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