Tag: Dna

Researchers detect new role for proteins

New York: A study has shown for the first time that the building blocks of proteins can be assembled without instructions from DNA or messenger RNA (mRNA). A protein, Rqc2, was found playing a role similar to that of mRNA and specifying which amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, to be added in cell […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Article 370: Headlines across media colour India’s history in their own hues

Bhubaneswar: In sync with the popular saying of “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending,” the Modi Sarkar 2.0 painted a new Kashmir on the national canvas by scrapping the Article 370 in one stroke on Monday. Unambiguously, the […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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A gene mutation can put you at alcoholism risk

New York: A tiny genetic mutation can put people at a higher risk for alcohol or drug addiction, say researchers. COMT is the name of a gene that helps the body manage dopamine, a chemical that is released when a person drinks alcohol or takes a drug like amphetamine. The research by William R. Lovallo […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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People with diabetes are at increased cancer risk; Know how

New York: Researchers have found that DNA sustains more damage and gets fixed less often when blood sugar levels are high compared to when blood sugar is at a normal, healthy level, thereby increasing one’s cancer risk. “It’s been known for a long time that people with diabetes have as much as a 2.5-fold increased […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Journalists in Kashmir hard-pressed due to restrictions on internet, mobile services

Srinagar: With no internet and mobile services in Kashmir for over 40 days now, journalists in the Valley have been hard-pressed as a make-shift media centre set up here by the government continues to be the only connection for many with the rest of the world. The restrictions were imposed across Kashmir on the evening […]

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
Human DNA
'Junk DNA' Affects Risk Of Inherited Cancer: Study

London: Shedding new light on why some people develop cancer while others do not, a new study has found that a person’s risk of developing cancer is affected by genetic variations in regions of DNA that do not code for proteins, previously dismissed as “junk DNA”. This study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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IIT-H Researchers Unravel Working Of Protein That Mends DNA

Hyderabad: The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, (IIT-H) on Thursday claimed that its researchers had unravelled working of a protein that repaired damaged DNA. According to the IIT-H, any damage to DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) can cause the sudden appearance of a harmless mole to catastrophic diseases like cancer. Nature has evolved techniques to not only […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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Researchers Explain Why Cancer Risk Is Higher In Males

London: DNA differences between men and women may explain why cancer risk is higher in males, according to a new study. In findings published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers have reported that loss of function in certain genes of the sex-determining Y chromosome, which is present only in men, may cause […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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