What’s on your genes?
These two mice are genetically identical and exactly the same age. Each mouse’s mother received a different, specialized diet, which switched on or off chemical clusters called methyl groups that reside near genes. Flipping these genetic [...]
Glow kitties
This glowing kitty not only tells scientists their experiment worked but also may help them find a way to fight a feline disease. Credit: Mayo Clinic
Just in time for Halloween, a team of scientists has introduced a new breed of kittens that [...]
Wisdom teeth useful after all, have stem cells
The good for nothing painful wisdom tooth may finally have some worth.
In a new study, in the “Journal of Biological Chemistry” scientists from Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology confirmed [...]
US scientists create frozen coral ‘bank’
US scientists have created the first bank of frozen coral cells, intended to preserve endangered coral species in Hawaii and protect their diversity.
The bank so far contains frozen sperm and embryonic cells from mushroom coral and rice [...]
A zoo of extinct animals; ‘Jurassic Park’-style
A zoo similar to that of Hollywood sci-fi “Jurassic Park” may become real as scientists are working on a project to create dinosaur and other extinct animals in laboratory with the help of their frozen cells.
A man poses next [...]
Signs of Neanderthals Mating With Humans
Neanderthals mated with some modern humans after all and left their imprint in the human genome, a team of biologists has reported in the first detailed analysis of the Neanderthal genetic sequence.
The biologists, led by Svante Paabo of the [...]
No sex for all-girl fish species
A fish species, which is all female, has survived for 70,000 years without reproducing sexually, experts believe.
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh think the Amazon Molly may be employing special genetic survival “tricks” [...]
Resurrected Mammoth Blood Very Cool
The lumbering, shaggy-haired woolly mammoth once thrived in the frigid Arctic plains despite having originally migrated from a more tropical climate. To understand how it tolerated the cold, scientists used ancient DNA to rebuild mammoth [...]
Stem cell banking, a Rs100-crore business in India
Cord blood storage is fast gaining momentum as a less traumatic alternative to treat neurological illnesses, and as a guarantee for the family against a host of diseases
Almost non-existent a few years ago in the country, stem cell banking [...]
Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-year-old Bone
The complete mitochondrial genome of a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal has been sequenced. The findings open a window into the Neanderthals’ past and helps answer lingering questions about our relationship to them.
“For the first time, [...]
