Can aspirin protect against cancer?
Researchers from IIT-M show how aspirin cuts off energy supply to cancer cells and forces them to die.
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Natural saffron molecules inhibit cancer cell growth
Crocin, the active component of saffron spice, stops cancer cells from dividing and shows promise as a new anti-cancer drug-in-the-making.
When ostriches called India their home
DNA from fossilized ostrich eggshells in India closely matches that of present day ostriches in Africa
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Inflamed colon and commensal E.coli – a cancerous combination?
Friendly gut bacterium E.coli can turn foe in certain conditions and contribute to development of colorectal cancer. Scientists explore the reasons driving this change.
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Research
Is vitamin D deficiency making Indian kids wheezy?
Scientists find a positive correlation between vitamin D deficiency and acute lower respiratory infections in kids below three years of age.
Does pesticide exposure cause diabetes?
Exploring the links between, pesticide exposure, gut microbes and diabetes
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Of wildlife and women
A young biologist pursues two young tiger siblings and discovers new insights about how tigers disperse and define their territory, as forest cover dwindles.
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Study uncovers rare interplay between motor proteins in cell division
Ranjini Raghunath
What makes brain tumours highly aggressive?
Divya Vishwanath
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Redundancy in movement may boost motor learning
Ranjini Raghunath
Litchis and malnourishment: a deadly combination
Leslee Lazar
Posted on in Agriculture, Biochemistry, Health & Medicine, Research
New bird genus endemic to the Western Ghats discovered
Asmita Sengupta
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- 2016
The ‘tail’ of two cells: sperms wiggle out while avoiding head-on collision from cell enclosure
Urvashi Bhattacharyya
How does a mutation lead to disease?
Reeteka Sud
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Research
Minds meet the brain - The 4th Bangalore Cognition Workshop
Sudhi Oberoi
Centre for Ecological Sciences In-House Symposium
Vrushal Pendharkar & Bharti D K
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