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First Evidence of Wolf-Dog Hybridization in India

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have turned their attention to the fascinating phenomenon of wolf-dog hybridization. This process...

📅 May 22, 2023

Svante Pääbo receives Nobel Prize in Medicine

Svante Pääbo was conferred the Nobel Prize in Medicine on October 3, 2022. Key facts Svante Pääbo received...

📅 October 3, 2022

CSIR: 32% genetic variants are unique in Indian sequences

A study was conducted by the Council of scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Centre for cellular and Molecular...

📅 October 28, 2020

CRISPR (CaS9)-The Gene Editing Tool used to treat blindness for the first time

The Gene Editing Tool called CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) has been used for the first...

📅 March 5, 2020

GoI clears Genome India Project

The Department of Biotechnology operating under Ministry of Science and Technology has cleared Genome India Project. More than...

📅 March 5, 2020

Global Drosophila Conference held at Pune

On January 6, 2020, the fifth Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference was held at Pune. It was organized...

📅 January 6, 2020

Roopkund Lake

The Roopkund lake is a high altitude glacial lake which is located in a remote location in the...

📅 August 21, 2019

Next Generation Sequencing in India

The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has inaugurated the Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) facility at the...

📅 July 20, 2019

Term in Focus : Human Atlas

What is the Human Atlas? The human atlas is an initiative to enhance the holistic(complete) understanding of human...

📅 July 4, 2019

Genome Sequencing to Map Population Diversity

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has undertaken an indigenous genetic mapping effort to educate a...

📅 April 22, 2019

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