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DNA damage could be causing Huntington’s disease. Study opens door to a new way to treat

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's study in Nature Communications revealed an additional, previously overlooked characteristic of Huntington’s disease, a fatal brain disorder.

150 years might be the limit of human lifespan if aging is cured. DNA is culprit

A new mathematical model found that irreversible DNA damage is what sets the upper limit on the human lifespan even if all other reasons for aging were solved.

Legitimacy, stigma, privacy drove SC’s paternity jurisprudence for yrs. New order backs child’s identity

As a step towards recognising that biological parentage is not merely a matter of legal status, but also a matter of personal identity, decision adds clarity to issue of DNA testing

How Lucknow’s DNA lab is decoding Indian cheetah’s genetic history from 200-yr-old samples

For the first time in the world, BSIP and ZSI are attempting to sequence the whole nuclear genome of this extinct Indian big cat.

DNA test confirms Umar Un Nabi drove explosive-laden car that blew up outside Red Fort Metro station

DNA sample from body part retrieved from the car at the blast site matched with that of his mother, confirms a police officer.

It’s official: New object zipping through our solar system is the 3rd known interstellar visitor

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Where no humanoid has gone before: Italian scientists develop world’s first flying robot

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Clinging to memories & awaiting closure, 2 families wait for bodies of loved ones lost in Air India crash

UK citizens Syed Javed Ali, his wife & 2 kids had come to India to celebrate Eid. Portuguese nationals Devji Lacmane & Vanita Cana were visiting to attend Kumbh & for medical treatment.

3 days after Air India crash, ex-CM Vijay Rupani’s DNA matched, body to be handed over to family today

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel personally visited the Gandhinagar residence of former CM Rupani to meet his family. Rupani was among 241 victims on the London-bound flight.

32 DNA samples matched, 14 bodies handed over to families of Air India crash victims

Process of handing over bodies after DNA testing started Saturday. Civil Hospital Ahmedabad has also ordered coffins in bulk, which have begun arriving in batches at its mortuary complex.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.