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Using human breast cancer cells, a team of scientists at the Kolkata-based Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) has discovered a new target for killing cancer cells, which can potentially lead to new therapies. This target is used by cancer cells to regulate DNA repair during cell division. Results of the study were…
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Using human breast cancer cells, a team of scientists at the Kolkata-based Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) has discovered a new target for killing cancer cells, which can potentially lead to new therapies. This target is used by cancer cells to regulate DNA repair during cell division. Results of the study were…
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Days after the Centre unveiled its BioE3 policy to boost bio-technology-centric manufacturing in India, the Department of Biotechnology – as part of first steps – is contemplating setting up enzyme-manufacturing facilities to bolster ethanol production., according to scientists and officials with the Department of Biotechnology. The first such plant may come up in Manesar, Haryana…
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Heart and a stethoscope with heartbeat (pulse) symbol in Light blue background | Photo Credit: bernie_photo Women’s heart disease risks, and their need to start taking preventive medications should be evaluated when they are in their 30s rather than well after menopause as is now the practice, said researchers who published a study on Saturday,…
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Mitochondria are dynamic. They constantly shift in size, number and location, traveling between many different parts of the cells to meet different demands. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto In 1817, a British physician named James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, describing for the first time, cases…
The North Indian Ocean supplies a large part of the moisture required to generate the 200 lakh crore or so buckets of water during the summer monsoon. That implies a lot of evaporation from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, which requires these seas to be warm enough to allow evaporation. This is…
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This image created from a SpaceX video, shows the moment when the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage fell over in flames after landing on an ocean platform offshore, in the Atlantic Ocean on August 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: SpaceX/AP The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of…
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A good, balanced diet will provide the required micronutrients, experts said. Photograph used for representational purposes only A recent article in The Lancet has estimated that the Indian population’s consumption of 15 dietary micronutrients is inadequate. Except for a small segment, most people in the world did not consume enough essential micronutrients, the article had…
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Sumaya Hatungimana, 12, shows the marks on her hands after recovering from Mpox, outside her house in Kinama zone, in Bujumbura, Burundi, on August 28, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, August 29, 2024, it urges rapid access to diagnostic tests for mpox and is calling on manufacturers…
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For his monumental work in transforming our understanding of gravity and spacetime, Albert Einstein won his sole Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect. In the early 20th century, physicists found that when a metal is irradiated with light, it emits some electrons. Curiously they found the emitted electrons’ kinetic energy depended on the incoming…
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