16+ hour, 24+ min ago  (855+ words) Published - January 01, 2026 05:30 am IST - HYDERABAD Researchers from the University of Guelph in Canada have reported an astonishing discovery: that the number of chromosome sets in their bodies" cells seems to be linked to the rate at which the species" mitochondrial…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (263+ words) Published - October 29, 2025 04:15 pm IST - BENGALURU The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), both centres of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), have signed an agreement to jointly establish a Centre for…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (286+ words) Padma Bhushan awardee Prof. P. Balaram explores the link between Mendelian genetics, Darwinian evolution, and chemistry at SRM University-AP. Mendelian genetics and Darwinian evolution are closely linked with chemistry, said Padma Bhushan awardee P.Balaram.Delivering a lecture on "Evolutionary Inventions and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (257+ words) Xenobiology explores alternative forms of life beyond Earth, with potential applications in medicine and environmental cleanup. Xenobiology is a new and rapidly growing branch of science that studies how life could exist using biological systems different from those that prevail…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (793+ words) US company Colossal Biosciences has'announced'the creation of a "woolly mouse" " a laboratory mouse with a series of genetic modifications that lead to a woolly coat. US company Colossal Biosciences hasannouncedthe creation of a "woolly mouse" " a laboratory mouse with a…...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago  (962+ words) In 2012, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier published their groundbreaking work, revealing that CRISPR/Cas9 could be re-engineered as a gene-editing tool. They won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this, in 2020." On December 8, 2023, the United States" Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…...