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Referred as Personalised Nutrition, it is planned after tests that lists out intolerances and allergies.

Can genes dictate your diet?

Experts weigh in on a new trend called the DNA Diet, which develops personalised nutrition plans based on the results of...

14 Aug 2019 12:10 AM IST

One of the great scholars when it comes to Urdu literature, Gopi Chand Narang, was quoted as saying that, Urdu is not the language of Muslims. If at all there is any language of Muslims, it should be Arabic. Urdu belongs to the composite culture of India. Hindi and Urdu are supplementary and complementary. They are like sisters strengthening each other .

When a Parsi is Hindu' but a Muslim isn't

One of these boxes asked for the religion of the dead person. The form, or perhaps it was the operative, offered her two...

10 Feb 2020 1:22 AM IST

Medical personnel stand outside a tent for coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in Hansen Dam Park on March 25, 2020 in Pacoima, California. (Photo | AFP)

COVID-19 home test kits developed by UK scientists give you results in...

Each test costs as little as Â£4 or around Rs 350, while the testing devices themselves cost Â£100 or less than Rs...

26 March 2020 6:03 PM IST

This Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 file photo shows a reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton, right, and a modern human skeleton on display at the Museum of Natural History in New York. (AP /Frank Franklin II)

Just 7 per cent of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows

Scientists already know that modern people share some DNA with Neanderthals, but different people share different parts...

17 July 2021 2:06 PM IST

According to experts, it could lead to a real-life Jurassic Park where extinct creatures are raised from the dead and released back into the wild.

Scientists building DNA Noah's Ark', may bring back extinct animals

CryoArks Biobank aims to preserve the tissues, cells and DNA of every animal from around the world at temperatures of...

25 May 2018 3:50 PM IST

There has been no confirmation as to what the beast is or whether it is a new species entirely. (Photo: Pixabay)

Has the elusive Bigfoot been finally found?

Mystery deepens after huge wolf-like monster is discovered, scientists order DNA testing.

24 May 2018 7:51 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

110 new genes that increase breast cancer risk uncovered: Study

The new study helps researchers come closer to understanding how DNA influences a woman's risk of breast cancer.

13 March 2018 12:53 PM IST

Genes linked with problem solving powers were associated with the process by which neurons carry signals in the brain. (Photo: Pixabay)

Over 500 genes linked to intelligence identified

They also found 187 regions in the human genome that are linked to thinking skills.

13 March 2018 12:12 PM IST

The molecule that Kaupp and colleagues identified allows sodium ions to flow into the sperm cell and, in exchange, transports protons out of the cell.

Exposure to cannabis may alter genetic profile of sperms

As legal access to marijuana continues to expand scientists are studying effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in teens.

21 Dec 2018 11:36 AM IST

The HIV virus can hide in cells in an inactivated state, meaning it isnt actively replicating. (Photo: AP)

Genetic switch may lead to HIV cure, says study

People with HIV virus can live normal lives with exceedingly low or even undetectable viral loads thanks due to...

7 Dec 2018 2:18 PM IST

This white thing on the chocolate does not mean that the chocolate is mouldy. (Photo: Pixabay

Gene editing can make 'chocolate trees' disease resistant

Reliable productivity from cacao plants is essential to the multibillion-dollar chocolate industry.

14 May 2018 5:21 PM IST

As per WHO statistics, glaucoma is the second largest cause of blindness in the world and fourth largest in India.

A new 'vision'

The new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a...

14 May 2018 8:30 AM IST