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IIT Kanpur-led team discovers the molecular mechanism by which a protein (EZH2) is produced in excess leading to a reduction in the levels of two microRNAs. This causes an oncogene…
IIT Roorkee researchers have found that a protein (TCLL) in tamarind seeds binds to NAG sugar molecule on chikungunya virus and reduces infectivity by 64% and RNA levels inside infected cells…
Dr. Amit Dutt from Tata Memorial Centre explains how the team using different approaches identified the mutations that cause gallbladder cancer. They found that a drug that is already in…
In a Phase IIb trail, bedaquiline drug for MDR-TB treatment was found to be cardiotoxic and hepatotoxic, and it also caused more deaths. Review of evidence in 2015 showed a…
IISc researchers have for the first time identified a protein (WhiB4) that condenses the DNA of TB-causing bacteria in response to oxidative stress. They found that artificially elevating the levels of WhiB4…
Days after the WHO declared the end of the May 8 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a fresh outbreak was reported on August 1 in North Kivu. If…
Prof. Govindasamy Mugesh explains how the the cellular uptake of fluorescent probe naphthalimide was drastically improved (from 5-8% to up to 98%) by substituting two of its hydrogen atoms with iodine. The iodine…
IISc researchers have drastically improved (up to 98%) the cellular uptake of fluorescent probe naphthalimide by substituting two of its hydrogen atoms with iodine. The iodine atom forms a halogen bond with the…
