Under 5 pc of disease-focussed genomic studies conducted in low, middle-income countries: WHOA World Health Organization analysis reveals over 80% of global genomic disease studies are in high-income countries, with under 5% in low ...
23 Dec, 2025, 02.25 PM IST
Scientists uncover a microbe challenging the definition of ‘Life’; a discovery that could rewrite biology textbooksResearchers have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique microbe found off the coast of Japan. This organism blurs the line between li...
10 Aug, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
IIT Delhi study reveals mechanisms driving SARS-CoV-2 evolution in humansSARS-CoV-2 has a uracil-rich (uracil is one of the four building blocks of RNA) genome. The researchers have identified how uracils adjacen...
29 May, 2022, 04.22 PM IST
IIT Jodhpur team identifies Covid-19 RNA variations, their implications"One of the most important aspects to manage the Covid-19 pandemic is to unravel the genetic structure of the virus and pick up early warni...
10 Feb, 2022, 04.40 PM IST
SARS-CoV-2 mutations: Why coronavirus might still have some tricks to pullThe SARS-CoV-2 genome is made up of 30,000 individual bases. The rate at which mutations arise is typically expressed as the probability th...
12 Aug, 2021, 11.06 AM IST
Coronavirus mutating much faster than before, finds Indian Institute of Science studyTheir recent study, published in the Journal of Proteome Research, has identified multiple mutations and unique proteins in isolates of SAR...
05 Mar, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Indian scientists reveal new mutations, proteins of novel coronavirusThe analysis suggests that the virus is now mutating faster than before the three Bengaluru isolates had 27 mutations in their genomes with...
04 Mar, 2021, 07.53 PM IST
Rogue Covid-19 strain N440K can cause reinfection, shows studyResearchers, including those from Kurnool medical college, have said that the novel coronavirus variant, N440K, can cause reinfection. Acco...
28 Feb, 2021, 03.48 PM IST
No foreign strain of virus found in Amravati, Yavatmal: Maharashtra govtIn view of increase in cases in Western Maharashtra's Pune, Sarata districts and Amravati and Yavatmal in Vidarbha region, genome sequencin...
19 Feb, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
How the novel coronavirus has evolved and adapted to human hostsMapping and understanding those changes to the virus is crucial to developing strategies to combat the COVID-19 disease it causes.
10 Dec, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
View: Genome editing and lessons for IndiaIn the CRISPR system, a specific region in the bacterial genome collects small DNA snippets of the invading phage between repeat-spacer arr...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
Coronavirus genomes in India have 5.39% mutation similarity with 72 nations: StudyCoronavirus genomes in India have 5.39 percent mutation similarity with 72 nations, found a study by a group of researchers trying to ident...
13 Sep, 2020, 09.28 PM IST
Scientists working on genomic sequences of SARS-CoV-2 to find answer to combat COVID-19As per the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the study is sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB).
13 Sep, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
View: Need to boost host genome initiative in the era of Covid-19Possibly, environmental variations across latitudes might be the driving force for humans to evolve particularly for the immunological gene...
08 Apr, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
Coronavirus a product of natural evolution, not lab made: StudyThe analysis of public genome sequence data from SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses found no evidence that the virus was made in a laboratory o...
19 Mar, 2020, 09.17 AM IST
Gene mapping of tiger completed, to help in conservationThis may well prove to be a giant leap in international efforts at conservation of the tiger, an endangered big cat.
18 Sep, 2013, 05.04 AM IST
- Cognizant,Genomics, Pistoia tie up for cloud-based platform
Cognizant and Eagle Genomics today said that they are working with life sciences company Pistoia Alliance Inc, to develop a cloud-based pla...
13 Apr, 2011, 04.07 AM IST