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Category: Skin colour

Posted on August 18, 2018August 19, 2018

Social factors too determine skin colour of Indians

Researchers from CCMB and other international institutions have found that socio-cultural factors had a bigger influence on skin colour variation in Indians than genetics (6.4%) and environmental factors (16%). While the…

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Posted on February 24, 2018February 24, 2018

IIT Delhi researchers develop scar-tissue model for screening drugs

IIT Delhi researchers have through tissue engineering developed a 3D scar-tissue model for screening cosmetics and drugs. The scar model is capable of replicating all the five features that cause scar…

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Posted on January 13, 2018January 27, 2018

IGIB discovers a protein regulating melanoma growth, pigmentation

IGIB researchers have for the first time identified a calcium sensor protein (STIM1) that independently regulates both skin cancer and pigmentation. Since different parts of the STIM1 protein activate two independent signalling…

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Posted on October 11, 2017October 13, 2017

CDFD researchers find common genetic variants for skin colour in Indians

People in south India have darker skin as reflected in the higher mean melanin index of 48 compared with those in north India, who have a mean melanin index of…

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Posted on July 26, 2017December 26, 2018

Bleached girls: India and its love for light skin

In India, a light complexion is associated with power, status and beauty, fueling an innovative and growing market of skin-bleaching products. Adam Jones/Flickr, CC BY-SA  Neha Mishra, Reva University of…

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Posted on November 20, 2016April 8, 2017

CCMB researchers unravel the skin colour genetics of Indians

A study of skin colour of 1,167 people belonging to 27 ethnic groups living in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar found that social structure defined by the caste system has a…

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