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.
IIT-Bombay study has found giant amoeba-attacking viruses that make the unique protein. Harmless to humans, the viruses are believed to play role in sustaining local ecosystem.
Study, published in journal iScience, explained why only certain DNA elements from within our vast genome get ‘switched on’ and how they put humans at risk of diseases.
As part of the project, CSIR announced sequencing of 1,008 genomes. The initiative aims to complete sequencing of at least 10,000 genomes over the next 3 years.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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