Working hour: Night shifts may hamper DNA repair
Lifestyle | June 27, 2017 17:31 ISTNight shift worker produced lower levels of a chemical by-product of active DNA tissue repair called 8-OH-dG in the urine than his day counterpart.
Night shift worker produced lower levels of a chemical by-product of active DNA tissue repair called 8-OH-dG in the urine than his day counterpart.
In a first, a baby has been born using a controversial new technique by US scientists to include DNA from three people — the mother, the father and an egg donor. The goal was
In an exclusive study of Indigenous Australian DNA, it has been revealed that it is the most ancient continuous civilisation on the Earth with their origin dating back to 50,000 years ago. In the
New York: Nearly every girl and woman on Earth carries two X chromosomes in each of her cells -- but one of them does (mostly) nothing. Do you know why?That is because it has been
New Delhi: An 18-year-old boy from Najafgarh on the outskirts of South West Delhi was admitted at New Delhi's AIIMS, allegedly after having sexual intercourse with a calf.The youngster, who has been accused of bestiality,
New Delhi: Geeta, the deaf-mute Indian woman living in Pakistan after accidentally crossing the border over a decade ago, will return home soon with the government here “almost completing the procedure” for bringing her back.
New Delhi: Sulking BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, who has been at loggerheads with the party and virtually dared it to take action, on Tuesday night emphatically said he has never ever crossed the 'lakshman rekha'
Mumbai: Claiming a breakthrough in the sensational Sheena murder case, police said forensic tests today confirmed that the DNA samples of the skeletal remains exhumed from the Raigad forests matched those of Indrani Mukerjea and
Patna: In a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's DNA remark on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar's ruling JD-U will send one lakh hair and nail samples to the prime minister office everyday starting Thursday,
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will launch a 'shabdwapasi' campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'DNA' remark made during a rally in Bihar last month.According to Nitish Kumar, around 50 lakh people, as part
Washington: A large global study spanning over two decades has revealed that humans carry an average of one to two mutations per person that can cause severe genetic disorders or prenatal death when two copies
New York: Researchers have located and narrowed down the number of genes that increase the risk of Type 1 diabetes, a study claims.The findings can help other researchers to better predict who might develop Type
London: Britain on Tuesday became the first country in the world to allow the creation of babies with DNA from three people after MPs voted for the controversial procedure.Lawmakers at the House Commons voted by
New York: Contradicting scientists who claimed that wild hens were first domesticated in the Indus Valley in what is now western India and Pakistan, a team of international scientists has credited the Chinese for introducing
Washington: Researchers have developed a strategy to create personalised vaccines that spur the immune system to attack harmful tumours.Scientists at the Washington University in the US are already evaluating personalised cancer vaccines in patients with
London: Early detection of cancer could now be as easy as a simple blood test.Researchers have found that this test may also eliminate the need for some types of biopsies and identify those more likely
Pune: What Do Chuan Shen, Rajesh Reddy, Jeni Tagao and Amira Hasan Have In Common? Is it possible that Chuan Shen, Rajesh Reddy, Jeni Tagao and Amira Hasan share the same gene pool, even though
Mumbai: The Navy medical authorities have started collecting blood samples of family members of the 18 personnel who were on board INS Sindhurakshak for DNA identification.The blood samples would be needed for DNA profiling of
London, June 28: Britain may allow a controversial technique to create babies using DNA from three people, a move that would help couples avoid passing on rare genetic diseases, the country's top medical officer says.
Dehradun, June 24: The DNA of those who died in calamity-hit Uttarakhand and now cannot be identified is being preserved, with officials saying that many of the bodies have decomposed.Officials of the state government, with
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