World's first gene editing experimented in human body
This bold attempt has raised hopes of permanently changing a person's DNA to cure a disease.
Nov 16, 2017, 18:03 PM IST
Gene therapy helps treat life-threatening skin disease
The boy suffers from epidermolysis bullosa, a genetic skin disease that had destroyed about 80 per cent of the outermost layer of his skin.
Nov 11, 2017, 14:14 PM IST
Gene alterations linked to pancreatic cancer survival
Adenocarcinoma is by far the most common type of a pancreas tumour.
New flu shot may protect you lifelong
Scientists researched whether a universal flu shot could be created by using a combination of multiple genes shared at the ancestral level by flu strains circulating.
Nov 03, 2017, 19:48 PM IST
An end to genetic diseases is nearer than you thought
These tools might also be able to fix mutations of diseases which have no treatment and are deadly but no common.
Oct 27, 2017, 14:27 PM IST
NASA's Twin Study reveals details on how space travel affects gene expression
The study's preliminary results have revealed that space travel causes an increase in the process of turning genes on and off, leading to massive changes in their expression.
Oct 25, 2017, 13:57 PM IST
Genes behind evolution of human skin colour identified
Researchers have found that mutations associated with both light and dark pigmentation in diverse African populations that originated more than 300,000 years ago, and some emerged roughly one million years ago, well before the emergence of modern humans.
Oct 14, 2017, 16:49 PM IST
13 new genes responsible for restless legs syndrome identified
People suffering from restless legs syndrome feel an overwhelming urge to move, often in conjunction with unpleasant sensations, usually in the legs.
Nearly 80% schizophrenia risk is genetic: Study
Schizophrenia is a disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel and behave clearly.
Oct 06, 2017, 15:37 PM IST
Genetic syndrome behind formation of tumours identified by scientists
This new genetic syndrome is caused by alterations in the gene that predisposes the body to form tumours early on.
Sep 23, 2017, 15:59 PM IST
How genetic mutation causes low blood sugar found
Researchers from University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland focused on a genetic mutation known to be associated with hyperinsulinism.
Sep 18, 2017, 18:31 PM IST
Diabetes, heart disease linked by same genes: Study
While the study confirmed most of the known diabetes “risk loci” — sites on the genome where small DNA variations have been linked to altered, usually higher diabetes risk — the researchers also uncovered 16 new risk factors.
Sep 05, 2017, 19:19 PM IST
Fifteen genes behind intellectual disabilities identified
A common cause of intellectual disabilities is a de novo mutation (ie a mutation present in a child, but not in its parents) damaging a gene so severely that it is no longer able to produce functional proteins.
Sep 04, 2017, 08:32 AM IST
Genes that make you friendlier identified
Researchers from the National University of Singapore found that CD38 and CD157 genes are associated with the sociality of young individuals.
Aug 27, 2017, 19:24 PM IST
Genes linked to better immune response to flu vaccine identified
Researchers have identified several genes and gene clusters associated with the immune response to flu vaccination.
Aug 26, 2017, 19:20 PM IST
Sharks could hold genetic secret to long life
Greenland sharks, the longest living vertebrates on Earth which live for up to 400 years, could hold the secret to long life, geneticists mapping their DNA say.
Jul 08, 2017, 22:01 PM IST
Genes, environment play roles in childhood obesity
When children don`t learn effective self-regulation skills during those early critical years, studies have shown they may be at a greater risk of becoming obese.
Jun 18, 2017, 21:30 PM IST
52 genes that make us intelligent uncovered
Despite high heritability estimates of 45 per cent in childhood and 80 per cent in adulthood, only a handful of genes had previously been associated with intelligence and for most of these genes the findings were not reliable, researchers said.
May 24, 2017, 00:17 AM IST
This gene variant can mitigate malaria risk by 40 percent
Malaria is a disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
May 19, 2017, 19:22 PM IST
Pufferfish and humans share same genes for teeth formation: Study
The research, led by Gareth Fraser from the University of Sheffields Department of Animal and Plant Sciences found that the pufferfish had a remarkably similar tooth-making programme to other vertebrates, including humans.
May 17, 2017, 21:39 PM IST
