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Washington, March 19 (ANI): A new American study has found that cell division in cyanobacteria is controlled by same kind of circadian rhythms that govern human sleep.
The research conducted by scientists at MIT and the University of California at San Diego has appeared in the March 18 online edition of Science.
Previous research has demonstrated that [...]

A number of inmates at the Ivanhoe jail in far west New South Wales were found drunk at the prison on Tuesday night after drinking vanilla essence.
Four inmates returned positive results after staff breath tested them.
A nearly empty container holding liquid smelling like vanilla was found in one inmate’s cell and a staff search of [...]

London, September 11 (ANI): Scientists at Imperial College London have warned that pandemic swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu can.

They write in a research paper that this may help understand why people infected [...]

London, Aug 28 (ANI): Scientists from University of Iowa have found a novel way to inject cancer-fighting molecules in the bloodstream and inhibit tumour growth.

Small interfering RNA (siRNA), a type of genetic material, are known to block potentially harmful activity in [...]

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): A drug developed back in 1940s has a potential to treat some of the most deadly cancers, it has emerged.

Scientists from Institute of Cancer Research in London have discovered that methotrexate, a chemotherapy treatment invented in the 1940s, has the potential to work against a genetic fault called HNPCC.

It is involved [...]

London, Aug 22 (ANI): British scientists have revealed that a gut dwelling bacterium can help treat inflammatory bowel disease called colitis.

The research team from Institute of Food Research in Norwich, UK have genetically engineered the gut bacterium called Bacteroides ovatus to express a protein called keratinocyte growth factor-2 (KGF-2), when exposed to a specific [...]

Washington, August 21 (ANI): Researchers at Duke University Medical Center may be close to devising a new way to stop or prevent the urinary tract infections (UTIs), for they have discovered how cells within the bladder [...]

Washington, August 20 (ANI): Researchers at Tel Aviv University have offered new hope for people with incurable neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s by showing that the viability of stem cells created from a patient’s own bone marrow can be determined using MRI tracking methods.

Dr. Yoram Cohen, of TAU’s School of Chemistry, claims that [...]

New Delhi, Aug 9(ANI): The Delhi Police has increased its vigil on illegal Bangladeshi migrants following intelligence inputs of a possible terror strike on August 15.

Sources said surveillance has been increased as many migrants are allegedly working as sleeper cells for terror groups.

It is believed that thousands of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have taken shelter [...]

Washington, July 28 (ANI): A team of researchers led by Indian origin scientist has come up with a potential new treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, the second-leading cause of infant mortality in the world.

Ravindra Singh, associate professor in biomedical sciences at Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine said that more than 95 percent [...]

Washington, July 15 (ANI): Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers and Germany-based University of Leipzig experts have announced the identification of a signalling pathway that is operational in intra-abdominal fat, the fat depot that is most strongly tied to obesity-related morbidity.

“Fat tissue in obesity is dysfunctional, yet, the processes that cause fat tissue [...]

New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the Government is planning to set up anti-trafficking cells in states and would formulate a national plan for strict action against human trafficking in the country.

The minister also said [...]

Washington, June 24 (ANI): Carbon monoxide might be known for its harmful effects, but a new study has shown that it can protect against arterial clotting.

Carbon monoxide is extremely poisonous, and can inhibit the exposure of oxygen, resulting in death.

However, the researchers have shown that inflamed or injured tissues up regulate heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a [...]

Washington, June 23 (ANI): Fighting tuberculosis or other airborne pathogens could only be a matter of manipulating what is called the “switching time” in immune response, say researchers at Ohio State University.

They define ’switching time’ as the point at which [...]

London, June 22 (ANI): A hair cream, shampoo, or conditioner capable enough to wash the grey out of your hair may be available in the shops within two years, say researchers.

Dr. Bruno Bernard, head of the hair biology research team at beauty firm L’Oreal in Paris, points out that hair goes grey when the [...]

London, May 29 (ANI): Michael Jackson may have to scrap more of his concerts in the UK due to his treatment for skin cancer.

The King of Pop, who was diagnosed with skin cancer last month, might have to undergo gruelling radiotherapy to beat the disease.

His friends are worried that the therapy could leave the 50-year-old [...]

Washington, May 23 (ANI): Always dreaded those moments when the doctor got that syringe ready to painfully jab it into your arm? Well, not anymore, for scientists have now designed gold-plated nanoneedles that can deliver the medicine right into the tiny organs of cells and that [...]

Washington, May 15 (ANI): Scientists at Cambridge University have found that bees make use of small cone-shaped cells on flower petals, which act like ‘velcro’ on their feet, to stick to flowers and collect nectar.

In a new study, the scientists have shown that bumblebees can recognise the texture of petal surfaces by touch alone, and [...]

Washington, May 15 (ANI): A study authored by researchers at from Imperial College London and the University of North Carolina has revealed that avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside their noses is very low.

The researchers say that the new finding may help explain why bird flu viruses do not [...]

Berlin – German legislators banned secret paternity tests Friday, setting a fine of up to 5,000 euros (6,500 dollars) for men who swab a baby’s saliva and send it for DNA testing without telling the mother.
The new offence is part of a new statute on genetic tests which has been 10 years in the [...]