In this Oct. 9, 2018 photo, a microplate containing embryos that have been injected with Cas9 protein and PCSK9 sgRNA is seen in a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangd...
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In this Oct. 9, 2018 photo, an embryo receives a small dose of Cas9 protein and PCSK9 sgRNA in a sperm injection microscope in a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdon...
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Janata Dal (United) supporters protest against Genetically-modified (GM) Mustard at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, in New Delhi.
Photograph by Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
Janata Dal (United) supporters protest against Genetically-modified (GM) Mustard at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, in New Delhi.
Photograph by Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
Janata Dal (United) supporters protest against Genetically-modified (GM) Mustard at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, in New Delhi.
Photograph by Sanjay Rawat/Outlook
An Indonesian police officer collects DNA sample from Eni Widyarti, the sister of Yuli Hastini, a passenger who was aboard Malaysia Airlines flight 17 which crashed in Ukraine, for...
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Veteran Congress politician ND Tiwari with Rohit Shekhar after accepting him as his son, at a press conference in New Delhi.
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Veteran Congress politician ND Tiwari pats on Rohit Shekhar after accepting him as his son, at a press conference in New Delhi.
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Greenpeace activists along with farmers holding a protest against the Genetically Modified (GMO) food in New Delhi.
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In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, onca pintada jaguars interact at the Jardim Zoo in Brasilia, Brazil. The scientists at Brazil's Embrapa agriculture research agency said this week they...
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Results of the ENCODE PROJECT, which analysed the huge lengths of human DNA
that do not constitute genes and was seen as ‘junk’—now known to have vital functions.
File combo images from left, Rohit Shekhar biological son of veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari (R). The Delhi High Court said Tiwari is the biological father of Rohit Shekhar, whi...
The scene at a surrogacy clinic
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A medical team arrives to take the blood sample of veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari in Dehra Dun in connection with the paternity suit filed by 32-year-old Rohit Shekhar claiming ...
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Rohit Shekhar's mother Ujjwala Sharma outside the residence of veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari in Dehradun. Tiwari gave his blood sample in connection with the paternity suit fil...
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Greenpeace volunteers holding a bouquet of vegetables outside West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kolkata to congratulate her government for its decision to b...
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Sports or nought? A sample being taken from Annanya Pahwa for the Sports DNA test at a Delhi lab
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Prashanth Parmar, Reasearch Associate The India Connection: Born in Surat, moved to the US as a five-year old.
“I am delighted at this achievement, esp...
Sanjay Vashee, Assistant professor The India Connection: Grandfather left Gujarat for Zimbabwe, his mother was raised in Dhanori, Gujarat, and his wife is from ...
Radha Krishnakumar, Staff Scientist The India Connection: BA from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore; MSc from Bharathidasan University, Trichy. Moved to the US in...
The article also throws up interesting facets about how the urban population of Chennai has largely remained isolated and how the Indo-European language speakers from Pakistan have the least in common with Denisovans, an earlier ancestor.
Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the scientific community after revealing that he had successfully altered the DNA of twin girls born in November 2018 to prevent them from contracting HIV.
Replying to the debate, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said the DNA testing is being done on persons comprising a minuscule percentage of less than one per cent.
The case has damaged China's international reputation in the field, said the Chinese Union of Life Science Societies.
This is not the first time Chinese researchers have experimented with human embryo technology.
According to the researchers environmentally- induced epigenetic changes, such as stress and adverse life experiences can affect intelligence genes in humans
Epidermolysis bullosa is a genetic condition that results in fragility of the skin and mucous membranes, causing blisters after minor trauma or spontaneously.
Karanveer suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a genetic disorder that causes deterioration of muscles and eventually affects organs such as the heart and lungs.
Shilpi Bhattacharya says people with GNE Myopathy face multiple challenges -- finding a job, completing education and getting married. And there is no treatment available!
Inadequate number of geneticists, no insurance cover and an average diagnosing period of seven years have made treatment of genetic diseases a massive challenge
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Paleogenetics is evolutionary sleuthing. The way DNA sequencing throws light back into the foggy paths of prehistory is explained lucidly by a practitioner.