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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw talks about India’s battle with Covid-19 In an interview with DNA, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director, Biocon, talks about India’s battle with Covid-19 and how the country is faring with its vaccination program. She also discusses the need for more investment in the healthcare sector, the development of the biotechnology industry and the importance of innovation in tackling the pandemic. She emphasizes the need for collaboration between industry, government and civil society to effectively tackle the pandemic.
Strategic gene placement in bacteria offers insights into evolutionary success
Bioinformaticians from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the university in Linköping (Sweden) have established that the genes in bacterial genomes are arranged in a meaningful order. In the journal Science, they explain that the genes are arranged by function: If they become increasingly important for faster growth, they are located near the origin of DNA replication. Accordingly, their position influences how their activity changes with the growth rate.
Discovering Tehran’s Hidden Urban Patterns: How Traffic and Mobile Data Reveal the City’s Pulse | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Cities pulse with human movement. Our study "Hidden Urban Patterns" (published in Transportation Research) uses mobile data & traffic metrics to decode Tehran's mobility DNA, revealing congestion drivers & smart city solutions. #UrbanMobility #SmartCities #Tehran
Ancient DNA research aids de-extinction efforts and reveals surprising dire wolf ancestry
Last week, Colossal Biosciences made global headlines when they announced that they had successfully brought the dire wolf back from extinction, or at least a version of one. Colossal's team used pieces of the genetic code they uncovered in ancient dire wolf DNA samples to alter the genome of a common gray wolf to resemble that of its long-extinct cousin. The resulting pups are not exact replicas of their ancestors, but have many of their most distinctive traits.
Unlocking the genetic basis of adaptive evolution: study reveals complex chromosomal rearrangements in a stick insect | ScienceDaily
Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from one part of a chromosome to another, independently in populations of stick insects on different mountains.
National DNA Day Q&A with Hereditas' Editor-in-Chief | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Today, 25th April 2025, Hereditas celebrates DNA Day. Our Q&A with EIC Dr. Ramin Massoumi, Professor and Principal Investigator at Lund University, explores the critical role of DNA research, particularly in understanding cancer. How do genetic changes in DNA influence cancer? Read on to find out.
Celebrating DNA Day with transposable elements | Research Communities by Springer Nature
Each year on DNA Day, we celebrate the DNA double helix structure and the Human Genome Project's completion. Here we dive into a fascinating genomic component: transposable elements. Once seen as mere genomic parasites, TEs are increasingly recognized for their significant impact on evolution.
Beyond the double helix: Alternative DNA conformations in ape genomes
Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred to as non-B DNA—have been implicated as regulators of cellular processes and of genome evolution, but their DNA tends to be repetitive, which until recently made reliably reading and assembling their sequences difficult.