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Antibiotic Resistance Tied To Soil Dryness, New Study Shows
Soil dryness from drought can increase the amount of natural antibiotics and promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to an analysis.
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Bengaluru Researchers Find Gene Linking Heart Risk, Obesity And Sleep Apnea
Scientists in Bengaluru have identified a single genetic cause linking dilated cardiomyopathy, obesity and sleep apnea (DOSA), a breakthrough that may help explain why these conditions co-occur and lead to better screening and treatments for at-risk
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Top Scientific Discoveries Of 2025: A Year of Quantum Leaps And Cosmic Revelations
Here's a look at scientific discoveries and breakthroughs that made headlines in 2025, spanning space, biology, ecology, and fundamental physics.
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New Study Finds Selfish DNA (LINE-1) is Essential for Early Human Embryo Development
Recent research has shed light on how "selfish DNA," particularly LINE-1 transposons, plays a key role in early human development. Once viewed primarily as harmful, these elements have now been found to be essential for the normal formation and specialisation of cells during the embryo's early stages. Blocking their activity causes developmental di...
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Discovery of MicroRNA Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology for Gene Regulation Breakthrough
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNA and its crucial role in gene regulation. Their groundbreaking research, which began with tiny worms, has uncovered how microRNAs regulate protein production, impacting areas such as cancer, eye diseases, and even microbial interac...
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2024 Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To US Scientists For microRNA Discovery
Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation, the award-giving body said on Monday.
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2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for CRISPR/Cas9 'Genetic Scissors'
Two women scientists - Emmanuelle Charpentier, who is French, and American Jennifer Doudna - won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for creating genetic 'scissors' that can rewrite the code of life, contributing to new cancer therapies and holding out the prospect of curing hereditary diseases.
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6 Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of the Decade
From finding the building blocks for life on Mars to breakthroughs in gene editing and the rise of artificial intelligence, here are six major scientific discoveries that shaped the 2010s.
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This Protective Gene Can Help Develop New Weight Loss Medicine
The discovery adds to recent work by the team which showed that some slim people have a genetic advantage when it comes to maintaining their weight.
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Discovery: Arthritis Could Be The Reason We Survived Ice Age
The genetic variance in GDF5 gene helped early humans to survive in the ice-age and this mutation resulted in osteoarthritis in the later period of human evolution.
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Antibiotic Resistance Tied To Soil Dryness, New Study Shows
Soil dryness from drought can increase the amount of natural antibiotics and promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to an analysis.
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Bengaluru Researchers Find Gene Linking Heart Risk, Obesity And Sleep Apnea
Scientists in Bengaluru have identified a single genetic cause linking dilated cardiomyopathy, obesity and sleep apnea (DOSA), a breakthrough that may help explain why these conditions co-occur and lead to better screening and treatments for at-risk
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Top Scientific Discoveries Of 2025: A Year of Quantum Leaps And Cosmic Revelations
Here's a look at scientific discoveries and breakthroughs that made headlines in 2025, spanning space, biology, ecology, and fundamental physics.
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New Study Finds Selfish DNA (LINE-1) is Essential for Early Human Embryo Development
Recent research has shed light on how "selfish DNA," particularly LINE-1 transposons, plays a key role in early human development. Once viewed primarily as harmful, these elements have now been found to be essential for the normal formation and specialisation of cells during the embryo's early stages. Blocking their activity causes developmental di...
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Discovery of MicroRNA Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology for Gene Regulation Breakthrough
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNA and its crucial role in gene regulation. Their groundbreaking research, which began with tiny worms, has uncovered how microRNAs regulate protein production, impacting areas such as cancer, eye diseases, and even microbial interac...
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2024 Nobel Prize In Medicine Goes To US Scientists For microRNA Discovery
Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation, the award-giving body said on Monday.
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2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for CRISPR/Cas9 'Genetic Scissors'
Two women scientists - Emmanuelle Charpentier, who is French, and American Jennifer Doudna - won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for creating genetic 'scissors' that can rewrite the code of life, contributing to new cancer therapies and holding out the prospect of curing hereditary diseases.
-
6 Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of the Decade
From finding the building blocks for life on Mars to breakthroughs in gene editing and the rise of artificial intelligence, here are six major scientific discoveries that shaped the 2010s.
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This Protective Gene Can Help Develop New Weight Loss Medicine
The discovery adds to recent work by the team which showed that some slim people have a genetic advantage when it comes to maintaining their weight.
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Discovery: Arthritis Could Be The Reason We Survived Ice Age
The genetic variance in GDF5 gene helped early humans to survive in the ice-age and this mutation resulted in osteoarthritis in the later period of human evolution.
