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GENETIC MUTATION NEWS

Scientists uncover history of 'ridiculously charming' penguins

July 20, 2022 2:16 pm

Penguins first evolved the ability to dive, like a puffin, and subsequently lost the ability to fly as they adapted to an aquatic realm, becoming excellent swimmers and divers.

An Expert Explains: What is needed to avert antimalarial drug resistance in India

September 30, 2021 7:50 am

The time has come to carry out Molecular Malaria Surveillance to find out the drug-resistant variants so that corrective measures can be undertaken in time to avert any consequences.

How cheese shaped human evolution

October 04, 2018 4:38 pm

20,000 years back, no adult could digest milk. But now, thanks to the interesting role cheese played in shaping our evolution, we can sit back and enjoy our dairy - be it a bucket of ice cream, melting cheese on top of a pizza or a buttered toast.

Gene mutations that protect from diabetes identified

March 03, 2014 1:02 pm

That mutation independently reduced risk for type 2 diabetes and also lowered blood sugar in non-diabetics.

‘India may have 60 pc of the world’s heart patients by 2010’

January 19, 2009 11:21 am

Almost 1% of world population carries a genetic mutation causing heart problems,while in India the mutation reaches a frequency of 4%.

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