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  Cabinet approves DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018

  India | July 04, 2018 15:48 IST

  The utility of DNA based technologies for solving crimes, and to identify missing persons, is well recognized across the world.

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  DNA suggests 10,000-year-old Brit had dark skin, blue eyes

  Science | February 07, 2018 21:04 IST

  Scientists from Britain’s Natural History Museum and University College London analyzed the genome of “Cheddar Man,” who was found in Cheddar Gorge in southwest England in 1903.

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  Do you know about ‘muscle memory’?

  Health | February 01, 2018 11:16 IST

  The research can have important implications in how athletes train, recover from injury, and also has potentially far-reaching consequences for athletes caught cheating.

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  Muscle memory exists at DNA level: Study

  Health | January 31, 2018 17:36 IST

  Known as epigenetic modifications, these "markers" or "tags" tell the gene whether it should be active or inactive, providing instructions to the gene to turn on or off without changing the DNA itself.

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  For the first time, scientists change flower colour using gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9

  Life | September 12, 2017 12:48 IST

  According to scientists, this was the first attempt in which this gene-editing tool was used for flower colour.

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  Chunky Pandey's much awaited reply on Farah Khan's 'DNA joke' at his daughter Ananya is here

  Bollywood | September 01, 2017 19:20 IST

  "Farah is a darling friend and I know what she meant," said Chunky Pandey.

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  Working hour: Night shifts may hamper DNA repair

  Lifestyle | June 27, 2017 17:31 IST

  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.

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  World’s first baby born with DNA from 3 people, first from new technique

  World | September 28, 2016 23:36 IST

  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

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  Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation on Earth, reveals DNA study

  World | September 23, 2016 0:06 IST

  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

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  Decoded: What 'silences' X chromosome in girls

  Lifestyle | January 11, 2016 21:47 IST

  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

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  Shocking! 18-year-old boy hospitalised after having sex with calf

  India | December 22, 2015 21:18 IST

  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,

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  Geeta to be brought back to India from Pakistan

  India | October 15, 2015 18:10 IST

  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.

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  PM Modi's DNA remark was avoidable, says Shatrughan Sinha

  Politics | September 09, 2015 0:10 IST

  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'

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  Sheena murder: Skeletal remains match DNA samples

  India | September 07, 2015 20:58 IST

  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

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  Against PM Modi's DNA remark, JD-U to send 1 lakh hair, nail samples

  Politics | September 03, 2015 13:04 IST

  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,

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  Nitish Kumar to launch 'Shabdwapsi' campaign against PM Modi remarks

  Politics | August 10, 2015 16:17 IST

  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

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  Most people carry recessive disease mutations

  Lifestyle | April 09, 2015 13:01 IST

  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

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  Genes behind Type 1 diabetes located

  World | March 10, 2015 12:59 IST

  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

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  Britain becomes first country to allow creation of 'three-parent' babies

  World | February 04, 2015 8:24 IST

  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

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  Chickens were domesticated in China first

  World | November 30, 2014 13:47 IST

  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