Indian scientists working to unravel rare type of diarrhoea
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science are developing a novel transgenic mouse which will express the human GUCY2C protein, a receptor for …
Phylogenetic tools can help track COVID-19 variants faster. Here's how
Studying the evolutionary path of the virus can help countries assess their vaccine strategy
Coronavirus variants: why being more transmissible rather than more deadly isn’t good news
At the heart of this assertion lies an old foe that has plagued us right from the start of this pandemic: exponential growth
Can science explain blue skin of Lord Krishna?
Religion interprets blue skin as the aura of a spiritual body; science considers it a rare genetic disorder
Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment
Cancer is a disease of our genes, but resistance to therapy might go beyond cancer mutations. The DNA stays the same,…
IMTech Chandigarh to start novel coronavirus genome sequencing
Two other institutes under CSIR already on the job
Scientists look to mathematics to make cancer treatment more effective
The model-based treatment protocols will be based on accurate calculations, thus avoiding the preventable and uncomfortable side-effects of …
No evidence to show CRISPR babies will die early: Scientists
The erroneous conclusion, made earlier, was caused by technical errors in how the mutation was identified in a population-health database
Alkaloid from black pepper shows promising results against neurological disorder
Piperine can be used as therapeutic agent Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome
जलवायु परिवर्तन नए म्यूटेशन्स को बना सकता है कहीं ज्यादा खतरनाक
वैश्विक तापमान में हो रही वृद्धि, जीवों में हो रहे नए म्यूटेशन्स को कहीं ज्यादा खतरनाक बना सकती है
Coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists track it
Online databases have been collecting SARS-CoV-2 genomic nucleotide sequences since mid-December. Whenever a patient tests positive for the virus,…
Behind Ethiopia’s surge in COVID-19 cases
Africa’s second-most populous nation has become the fifth-most affected country on the continent
COVID-19: Isolated virus mutation found in India raises alarm
The mutated strain could capsize global vaccine development efforts, according to researchers
Coronavirus mutation is not as scary as it sounds
Most mutations lead to no beneficial change in the protein properties at all. In fact, mutations that change the properties of a protein are more …
Bright and black
Female tigers at the Similipal reserve in Odisha are increasingly giving birth to black or melanistic breeds and catching rare worldwide attention
Ebola virus is mutating, say scientists
Several asymptomatic cases detected, which leads to disease spreading more rapidly
Is SARS-CoV-2 becoming more stable? A new study tracks virus’ evolution
The virus also showed signs of stabilising around some proteins, according to the study
India rejects MIT’s claims about swine flu virus mutation
Researchers, however, call for better surveillance to gather more scientific data that can determine whether mutations are causing the current …
Dismal figures: ‘India sequenced less than 1% of total COVID-19 samples in nearly 3 months’
Lack of funds, difficulty in getting samples among reasons for poor numbers
Health ministry confirms 2 more coronavirus variants in India
Uptick in cases in 5 states cannot be linked to these variants as of now, said NITI Aayog member VK Paul
Mutations that make malaria drugs ineffective discovered
Gene kelch13 associated with malaria resistance
Understanding zoonotic diseases: Is COVID-19 Disease X that WHO warned of in 2018?
Disease X predictions: mortality rate higher than seasonal flu; spread as easily as the flu; shake financial markets even before turning pandemic
‘Let me be blunt’: What’s bothering WHO chief on COVID-19
WHO Director-General expresses concern over rising cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Coronavirus: Where do new viruses come from?
The first thing to know is that it is rare for viruses to jump between species
Should we worry about the long-term impact of the novel coronavirus?
Pathogens differ in their ability to affect multiple organs but they all invariably cause long-term effects
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