An estimated 12,000 children are born with thalassemia major, a severe form of the disease, in India each year, accounting for about 10 percent of global cases.
CRISPR is like high-tech pair of scissors that can cut & edit DNA at specific locations, enabling correction of genetic defects, insertion of new genes, or removal of problematic sequences.
In study published in 'Nature Medicine' Monday, researchers from Colombia, Germany, & US cite case of a 67-yr-old whose cognition remained intact despite having genetic markers for Alzheimer's.
Investing generously in creating facilities for drug development in genetic diseases along with supportive regulatory mechanisms will be fruitful, writes Sudha Bhattacharya.
As many as 15,000 human genome samples were collected from five states in India and sent to the US for the mega genomics project by Global Gene Corp and American pharma giant Regeneron.
The study by researchers from University of Leipzig claims that agouti signaling protein (ASIP) has caused obesity in a 12-year-old girl, a gene she inherited from her father.
Conducted by a team from the US Department of Veteran Affairs’ Million Veteran Program, the study was published in the journal PLOS Genetics last week.
Bike enthusiast, porcelain retailer & glass-maker — these are some of the living descendants the Leonardo Da Vinci DNA Project has identified in its research that covers 690 years.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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