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About 52,000 years ago, the skinned hide of a Siberian woolly mammoth was exposed to conditions so frigid that it spontaneously freeze-dried, locking its DNA fragments into place.

Researchers said the finding is ‘remarkable’.

Physician and Author Ricardo Nuila thinks public hospitals could help save patients trapped in our troubled medical system.

Prof M.R. Satyanarayana Rao, Padma Shri Awardee & former President of JNCASR, passed away at 75 in Bengaluru.

Findings highlight importance of molecular testing and early intervention for diagnosing and treating paediatric cancers

A recent study found walking for exercise can reduce new frequent knee pain among people age 50 and older diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis.

To measure the ageing of the cells, researchers looked at the epigenetic clock of the cells. Epigenetics looks at how the DNA inside every cell is coiled. As we age, how the DNA is coiled changes, and severe infection is changing it in such a way to increase premature ageing.…

A research team at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions investigated the function of the protein Rev-erbα/β, a key component of the circadian clock, and found that its absence could lead to “heart disease development in animal models and human patients.” The team reports in the journal Circulation that…