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Mineral-based medicines might be key to healing damaged tissue: US study

A collaboration between researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the College of Medicine at Texas A & M University identifies the crucial role of minerals in regulating gene expression, thus controlling the number of proteins that a cell should make, thereby encouraging tissue regeneration and redefining cellular identity. This research paves the way for future studies to identify the role of specific minerals, as well as how they can be assembled to design the next generation of mineral medicine to heal damaged tissue. This study was recently published in Science Advances.Minerals are inorganic elements that play many vital roles, working interactively with vitamins, enzymes, hormones and other nutrient cofactors to regulate thousands of the body's biological functions. Although several minerals have been shown to regulate gene expression and cellular activity, very little work has focused on understanding underlying molecular mechanisms. This engineering ...

Delta or different variant may cause another Covid outbreak: Study

The findings suggests that while Delta wiped out the variants that preceded it, Omicron has not eliminated the deadly variant which could re-emerge

Cognitive loss from severe Covid equivalent to 20 years of ageing: Study

Cognitive impairment, as a result of severe Covid-19, is similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years ofa age and is the equivalent to losing 10 IQ points, finds a study.

Smartphone app that could help screen neurological disease at home

The app uses a near-infrared camera, which is built into newer smartphones for facial recognition, along with a regular selfie camera to track how a person's pupil changes in size

How the human code has been unraveled: Here's what experts suggest

Last week, scientists completed sequencing the human genome, the goal of a project that began in October 1990

Experts question study predicting fourth Covid wave in India in June

According to the recent modelling study by researchers at IIT-Kanpur, the fourth wave of the Covid in India may start around June 22 and peak from mid- to late-August

114 genetic variants associated with oral cancer identified, reveals study

In what is claimed to be path-breaking research, the city-based government institute, along with HCG, has identified 114 genetic variants which cause oral cancer in humans. The study has revealed key genetic signatures also that can predict survival in oral cancer patients with over 90 percent accuracy. Karnataka Minister for IT/BT and S&T C N Ashwath Narayan said, the research was conducted jointly by IBAB (Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology), an institute set up by Department of IT/BT, and research doctors from HCG, using state-of-the-art genomics facility located at IBAB. The study made extensive use of advanced machine learning and bio-informatics, he was quoted as saying by his office in a press release. Though the oral cancer is one of the most common in the country (40 percent of all cancer cases), this was the first time such an extensive study had been carried out relating to this. The data obtained in the research has been compared with western ...

Antibody cocktail not useful for most patients with Omicron: Experts

Amid the surge in Covid cases and concerns over the Omicron variant, doctors in Kolkata believe that there is no requirement for antibody cocktail for most of the patients

Carbon-rich stars steal heavy elements from low mass companions: Scientists

Scientists have long been intrigued by the presence of a much higher fraction of elements heavier than iron than is expected in carbon-rich stars

Next 25 yrs will be determined by S&T innovations in all walks: Singh

Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said the roadmap for the next 25 years will be determined by scientific and technological innovations in all walks of life. Inaugurating a year-long 'Vigyan Utsav' organised with the participation of all S&T councils to celebrate 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', Singh said science and technology is a basic prerequisite for a self-reliant India, and the country is going to play a big role in the scientific world through coordinated efforts of the Centre and states. The roadmap for the next 25 years will be determined by scientific and technological innovations in all walks of life, he added. The minister emphasised on the need to reach out to the masses and identify young researchers and women scientists with potential, along with entrepreneurs and startups that can bring new ideas to realisation. Omprakash Sakhlecha, science and technology minister of Madhya Pradesh, stressed on the need for mapping of all technologies in .

Humans, all alone

Recently, a near-perfectly preserved fossil of a skull was identified as that of a newly discovered human-like species Homo longi or "Dragon Man"

Space for innovation

A journalist's accounts of India's early scientists are vital for the republic to remind itself of what inclusive nation-building can look like

IISc is world's top research university in QS rankings: Check details here

IIT Bombay, Delhi and IISc stay in the lead among Indian institutions

One of the world's oldest science experiments comes up from the dirt

It's one of the world's longest-running experiments, having already gone on for 142 years

India in third position in scientific publications after China, US: DST

India has seen an exponential increase in the number of scientific publications over the last 10 years and is in the third position globally after China and the US, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) said on Friday. Of the 13,045 patents in 2017-18, as many as 1,937 were by Indians. Out of 15,550 patents filed by Indians at Indian Patent Office during the period, 65 per cent were filed from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Delhi, the DST said. India's national investment in research and development (R&D) has increased from Rs 1,13,825 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 1,23,847 crore in 2018-19. At the same time, various initiatives of the DST such as the National Initiative For Developing And Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) have played a crucial role to reach this position, the DST said. The implementation of initiatives like NIDHI have nurtured 3,681 start-ups through the network of around 150 incubators created by the DST and generated 1992 intellectual property. Further,

Science policy proposes lateral entry of scientists in related ministries

A new draft policy on science and technology has proposed up to 25 percent lateral recruitment of scientists in related ministries

Mendeleev's Periodic Table

It remains an invaluable resource for classification in its 150th year

India shows second highest growth in science research: Report

While India made its mark, Chinese institutions are leading the world in rapidly increasing high-quality research output