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Chernobyl Fungi as Shield Against Cosmic Rays for Deep-Space Missions 

Umesh Prasad -
In 1986, the 4th unit of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (erstwhile Soviet Union) suffered massive fire and steam explosion. The unprecedented accident released over 5% of the radioactive...
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Centromere sizes determine Unique Meiosis in Dogrose   

Umesh Prasad -
The dogrose (Rosa canina), the wild rose plant species, has a pentaploid genome with 35 chromosomes. It has an odd number of chromosomes, yet it...
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Sukunaarchaeum mirabile: What Constitutes a Cellular Life?  

Kamakhya P. Seal -
Researchers have discovered a novel archaeon in symbiotic relationship in a marine microbial system that displays an extreme genome reduction in having a highly stripped-down...
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Ficus Religiosa: When Roots Invade to Preserve

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Ficus Religiosa or Sacred fig is a fast growing strangling climber capable of growing in various climatic zones and soil types. This tree is...
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Complete Human Genome Sequence Revealed

Rajeev Soni -
The complete human genome sequence of the two X chromosomes and autosomes from the female tissue derived cell line has been completed. This includes...
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Potential Therapeutic Role of Ketones in Alzheimer’s Disease

Neelesh Prasad -
A recent 12 week trial comparing a normal carbohydrate-containing diet to the ketogenic diet in Alzheimer's Disease patients discovered that those who underwent a...
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DNA Can be Read Either Forwards or Backwards

Rajeev Soni -
A new study reveals that bacterial DNA can be read either forwards or backwards due to the presence of symmetry in their DNA signals1....
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Effects of Androgens on the Brain

Neelesh Prasad -
Androgens such as testosterone are generally viewed simplistically as creating aggression, impulsivity and antisocial behaviours. However, androgens influence behaviour in a complex way which...
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Use of Genetically Modified (GM) Mosquitoes for Eradication of Mosquito-Borne Diseases

SCIEU Team -
In a bid to control the mosquito borne diseases, first genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in the United States in the state of...
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Nicotine’s Varying (Positive and Negative) Effects on the Brain

Neelesh Prasad -
Nicotine has a vast array of neurophysiological effects, not all of which are negative despite popular opinion of nicotine as a simplistically harmful substance....
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Cells with Synthetic Minimalistic Genome Undergo Normal Cell Division

Rajeev Soni -
Cells with fully artificial synthesized genome were reported first in 2010 from which a minimalistic genome cell was derived that showed abnormal morphology upon...
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