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Paramutations protect humans against viruses and are triggered by piRNA clusters, which are 3% of the fruit fly genome. Paramutations involve a small chemical modification of a chromosomal protein, flipping a nearby gene into a silenced state. William Bateson and Caroline Pellew discovered the first paramutation in the culinary pea…

NEET 2024 syllabus: NTA is the examination agency for the NEET, and had been releasing the syllabus every year. However, this year, NMC has finalised the syllabus.

Kozhikode native Prashanth's death due to hair loss highlights need for awareness of psychodermatology, the treatment of skin disorders involving psychological and psychiatric methods. Dermatologists suggest examining patients for mental health issues, and a joint diagnosis by dermatologist, psychologist and psychiatrist. Kozhikode's Govt. Medical College Hospital has a specialty clinic…

Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. In a statement on Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had approved Casgevy, the…

The treatment is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020

Regulator's approval comes three years after scientists won Nobel Prize for inventing the treatment

The treatment is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel prize in 2020.

Ultra-processed foods usually contain ingredients people would not add when they were cooking at home.

For every 10,000 children who have a CT scan, 1-2 cases of blood cancer can be expected in the next 12 years after the examination, a researcher said.

A pair of melanoma researchers were named the 2024 Australians of the Year for NSW, having saved thousands of lives and documented their own battle with cancer.