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One organ in our body rarely developes cancer. Doctor explains why: ‘The organ that works nonstop for your entire life…’While cancer is common in many organs, the heart rarely develops it. This is because heart muscle cells largely stop dividing after birth, ...14 May, 2026, 03.12 PM IST- In 1871, a farmer left five cows on a remote island, 130 years later, scientists studied their DNA and found something that stunned themFive cows left on Amsterdam Island in 1871 became a feral herd of 2,000, a remarkable survival story. A 2024 genetic study revealed their m...12 May, 2026, 06.35 PM IST
- What Chernobyl’s Wolves Learned to Survive That Scientists Still Don’t Fully UnderstandWildlife thrives in Chernobyl's exclusion zone. Grey wolves there show remarkable genetic changes. These wolves have developed resistance t...11 May, 2026, 03.35 AM IST
- A Stanford study just rewrote the Bengal cat's origin storyNew research reveals Bengal cats' striking looks originate from common house cats. For years, people believed their wild ancestry was respo...09 May, 2026, 10.39 AM IST
- Guardant Health to launch blood-based cancer test in India with Zydus LifesciencesGuardant Health is set to introduce a groundbreaking blood test in India for early cancer detection. This multi-cancer test, co-marketed by...05 May, 2026, 10.37 PM IST
- Here is how plants defend against mutational damageResearchers from the University of Bergen and Colorado State University have discovered how plants avoid the accumulation of mutational dam...06 Nov, 2023, 06.08 PM IST
- Genomic sequencing: Here's how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variantsWhen an organism replicates, it makes a copy of its entire genome to pass on to its offspring. Sometimes errors in the copying process can ...20 Dec, 2021, 08.04 PM IST
- Modified CRISPR technique treats diseases without cutting DNANew York, Dec 8 (IANS) In what could remove a major hurdle to using gene editing technologies to treat human diseases, scientists have crea...08 Dec, 2017, 04.57 PM IST
- Highly sensitive blood test for cancer detection developedThe highly sensitive test requires only a fraction of a tube of blood and can detect as few as three mutation-bearing molecules in a single...14 Aug, 2017, 01.58 PM IST
- 75 per cent of human genome is junk DNA: StudyNew York, July 16 (IANS) At least 75 per cent of human genome is junk DNA, or useless but harmless DNA, suggests a new research.16 Jul, 2017, 03.22 PM IST
- CRISPR gene tool can cause unintended flaws in genomeNew York, May 30 (IANS) The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome, warns a new...30 May, 2017, 11.25 AM IST
- 'Superbug on ISS will help NASA understand its mutation'New York, Feb 19 (IANS) Sending an antibiotic-resistant superbug to a zero-gravity environment like the International Space Station (ISS) w...20 Feb, 2017, 01.20 PM IST
- How X-ray damages DNA, causes cancer decodedThis discovery may enable doctors to identify which tumours have been caused by radiation, and investigate if they should be treated differ...12 Sep, 2016, 05.46 PM IST
- Scientists think they've found way to make 'biggest biotech discovery of the century' saferChinese scientists made headlines when they used a gene-editing technique to modify the genomes of human embryos for the first time.22 Jul, 2015, 12.06 PM IST
- Most cancers may be down to 'bad luck'Researchers found that 22 cancer types could be largely explained by the "bad luck" factor of random DNA mutations during cell division.02 Jan, 2015, 05.17 PM IST
- No fantasy this! X-Men & the very real world of mutantsBut it would still require millions of joules of energy for human cells to replicate like the Hulk’s. There is science backing some of the ...16 Aug, 2014, 05.08 AM IST
- Less than 10% of human DNA is functional: StudyOxford University researchers have found that only 8.2% of human DNA is likely to be doing something important - is "functional".26 Jul, 2014, 11.31 AM IST
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