What genes do we share with fruit flies, roundworms?

Study comparing the human genome with that of fruit flies and roundworms can offer insights into how the information in the human genome …

Bacteria discovered in Chilika open door to new possibilities

Bio-products derived from these species could find uses in biotechnology sector and may help fishers find alternative source of living

Study sheds new light on lineage of Arctic people

Analysis based on DNA samples collected from ancient human remains

Researchers assess Iceland’s DNA

The study would go a long way in finding women at risk of developing breast cancer, according to the team

Study identifies genes linked to obesity

The results could provide new insights into weight-loss therapies and help prevent metabolism-associated diseases

African rice genome decoded

The genetic information allows creating varieties more resistant to environmental challenges and having higher yields to fight global food challenge

Nobel Prize for chemistry for gene-editing: A gene engineer explains how it works

CRISPR has huge potential to transform how scientists can detect, treat and even eradicate diseases as well as improve agricultural products

French-American duo share 2020 Chemistry Nobel for ‘genetic scissors’

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools  

A nobel indictment of gene patenting

Legendary scientist James Watson files court brief against lunacy of gene patents

James Watson to auction his Nobel Prize for discovering double helix structure of DNA

The money would go to the institutions where he studied and worked

A myriad gene worries

Angelina Jolie’s dramatic disclosure has focused attention on gene patenting which has become a problematic legal question

George Floyd killing is time to say it again: Racism has no place in science

A single mutation in a gene called ‘SLC24A5’ is responsible for giving Europeans their light skin

Scientists make DNA barcode of malaria parasite

It can help prevent spread of drug-resistant malaria from one region to another

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Indian researchers decode function of non-coding part of human genome

Simple sequence repeats punctuate genome; discovery will help improve gene therapy