For Uditi’s parents, reading about use of CRISPR tech, or ‘genetic scissors’, to treat baby KJ, diagnosed with severe genetic disorder, reminded them of their daughter.
IS110 is a jumping gene that acts as a bridge between bits of unconnected DNA, and exists naturally in humans. The RNA bridge can also be programmed, find two Nature studies.
The Harvard-led study, also involving Vanderbilt University and the US govt’s National Institutes of Health, used a technique inspired by the gene-editing technology CRISPR.
Scientists at Delhi’s CSIR-IGIB have developed a paper-based test strip for Covid-19, and named it after the fictional detective created by Satyajit Ray.
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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