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TopicGenes

Topic: Genes

Our organs age at different rates, faster ageing means 20-50% higher mortality risk, shows study

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

Morning sleepiness caused Chernobyl. You can stay alert with these three steps

Robert Berkeley -
From road accidents to nuclear meltdowns—Morning grogginess is more than just an annoyance. It has major societal consequences.

There’s more than one way to grow a baby

Charles Foster -
We studied genes involved in pregnancy and live birth in six different live-bearing species.

Your genes and morals have different PR advisers. That’s why you don’t act on bad thoughts

Chris Paley -
In ‘Beyond Bad’, Chris Paley writes that humans are the only species that can properly manage conflicts of interests within groups that aren’t family.

Scientists find out how plants pass on defects to offspring

Sandhya Ramesh -
The findings — made by a team of researchers from the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and US — have been published in the journal eLife.

What are Covid mutations in India? Are they more infectious? Gene sequencing has the answers

Mohana Basu -
Indian scientists have analysed 4,000 samples of SARS-CoV-2 since the pandemic began, and now understand where the disease is coming from and where it’s going.

Study identifies 13 gene defects that make people vulnerable to severe Covid-19

Mohana Basu -
From a naturally-occurring enzyme that can suppress viral replication to a diabetes drug may help reduce mortality, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.

Study identifies gene variations that increase susceptibility to Covid-19

Mohana Basu -
From a new test to detect virus from gargled solution to research on how mild obesity can also prove dangerous, ThePrint brings you the latest findings on Covid-19 front.

It’s in your genes — Whether Covid lands you in hospital or not depends on your body

Austin Nguyen -
When a virus infects human cells, the body reacts by turning on what are essentially anti-virus alarm systems. But not all alarm systems are created equal.

Your risk of getting sick from coronavirus could lie in your genes

Kristen V Brown -
Scientists are working hard to understand the underlying reasons for such huge discrepancies in symptoms and outcomes of Covid-19.
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Opinion

What is the beauty tyranny at play when a Panipat mother murders kids

Stela Dey -
India is horrified by Poonam’s actions. But it should also do what it rarely does — examine the mirror it keeps holding up to its women.

Why Bihar migrates has a 500-year old answer — from Mughal taxpayers to peasant warriors

Sanchar Saathi U-turn shows India’s cybersecurity strategy is broken

Economy

To make space for solar energy, India may tell coal plants to run at lower loads

Bloomberg News -
The additional costs would trickle down to consumers, in what could be a calculated trade off to help the country make the most of its solar capacity.

Defence

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

National Interest

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

Shekhar Gupta -
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.

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