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Category: Nature Communications

Posted on July 22, 2017July 25, 2017

IACS researchers use a novel approach to cancer drug discovery

Four-stranded DNA structures known as G-quadruplexes, which  are present in human genome, can control the activities of cancer-causing genes and hence have emerged as anticancer drug targets. Scientists at the…

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Posted on January 19, 2016April 13, 2016

Western Sahara once had a large river network

If in August 2011 the discovery of an underground ‘river’ in Brazil at a depth of 4 km and stretching for about 6,000 km made news (The Hindu , August…

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Posted on January 18, 2016September 21, 2016

IIT Madras: graphene nanoribbons produced by a novel method

For the first time, researchers have been successful in bringing about spontaneous chemical reactions between two different varieties of carbon nanotubes without using any chemicals. In fact, a simple mechanical…

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Posted on January 18, 2016June 11, 2016

Now, soft tissue found in ancient dinosaur samples

For the time, soft tissue-like structures that appear to be red blood cells and collagen fibres have been found in 75-million-year-old (Cretaceous) dinosaur specimens that are not well preserved. Till…

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Posted on January 17, 2016October 4, 2017

IISc: A novel way to reduce cell damage found

Preliminary studies have shown a way to reduce cell damage and blunt the effect of one of the factors responsible for the onset of several diseases such as cancer, diabetes,…

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Posted on January 17, 2016August 2, 2017

Targeting a chink in TB bacteria’s armour

A novel approach adopted by a team of researchers based in Bangalore has opened a window of opportunities to design new antimicrobials that could potentially be used to kill the…

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Posted on January 7, 2016

Editorial: Open access is here to stay

Published in The Hindu on July 20, 2011 A recent announcement by three major biomedical funding agencies has given a booster dose to the open access (OA) model that provides…

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