Naked mole rat genome could help find secret to long and healthy life
Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of the naked mole rat to try and understand the animal”s extraordinarily long life and good health
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Potent new drugs likely from witches’ brew
A brew administered by African witch doctors to pregnant women to hasten labour and delivery could be a source of promising new drugs
1st genome map of advanced prostate cancers reveals genetic ‘hypermutation’
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and the University of Washington have conducted the first comprehensive assessment of every gene in the genome of advanced
Study sheds light on famous honeybee society caste system
A new study has been undertaken to understand the famous caste system that dominates honeybee societies
Mineral-rich rice to ease world’s nutritional disorder
White rice is unable to meet daily nutritional requirements because it has lower levels of iron, zinc and pro-vitamin A. Scientists have now engineered iron-rich rice to overcome this deficit
People with African ancestry more prone to peanut allergy
Geneticists, including one of Indian-origin, have linked African ancestry to an increased risk of peanut allergies
A new strain of yeast turns seaweed into biofuel in half the time
A new strain of yeast engineered by the University of Illinois scientists converts seaweed into biofuel in half the time it took just months ago
Genome sequencing of crop plants could boost global food security
Sequencing the genome of a Chinese cabbage variety of a plant called Brassica rapa, a close relative of oilseed rape
The first kangaroo genome sequence
Kangaroos form an important niche in the tree of life, but until now their DNA had never been sequenced.
Most common bladder cancer genetically sequenced for 1st time
A University of Colorado Cancer Centre team in partnership with universities in China and Denmark has