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Bird DNA could help bring Jurassic Park back to life

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 10:42

Scientists have claimed that identifying and altering certain genes found in modern birds` DNA would mean that genomes of the dinosaurs could be engineered 20 million years after they became extinct.

Man acquitted of rape charge after child DNA turned negative

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 15:04

A man facing trial for repeatedly raping a minor girl, who became pregnant and gave birth to a child, has been acquitted by a Delhi court after DNA test conducted on the baby turned out to be negative.

Neanderthal bone highlights human inter-breeding

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 09:36

A tiny toebone from a Neanderthal woman who lived around 50,000 years ago has shown that several branches of early humans interbred before a single group, Homo sapiens, rose to dominate.

Going Global

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 17:38

In the third phase of dna`s Global Education Seminar students and parents got first hand information on overseas education from the experts.

DNA sequences of birds` poop may help avoid `bird strike`

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 17:07

The DNA sequences of insects and large predatory birds may help stop bird-airplane collisions, a study has suggested.

Scientists discover second, secret DNA code

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 13:36

Scientists have long believed that DNA tells the cells how to make proteins. But the discovery of a new, second DNA code Thursday suggests the body speaks two different languages.

Oldest human DNA discovery in Spain scrambles evolution theory

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:27

Researchers have been able to determine an almost complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a 400,000-year-old hominin from Sima de los Huesos, a unique cave site in Northern Spain.

Call for developing DNA identification cards

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 19:10

DNA identification cards can be developed for Indian citizens to serve as a single comprehensive identity cards, said speakers at a conference on DNA here Saturday.

Frederick Sanger, double Nobel prize winner, dies

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 09:16

Tributes were paid on Wednesday to the biochemist Frederick Sanger, the "father of genomics" and the only person to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice, following his death at the age of 95.

Blood stains on whiskey bottle could not be of Aarushi`s parents: Talwars` lawyer

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 20:36

In the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, defence counsel for the Talwar dentist couple Friday told a court here that contrary to the CBI theory the blood stains on a whiskey bottle could not be of Aarushi`s parents.

Clay might have been cradle of life on Earth

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 15:36

Clay might have given birth to complex biochemicals that make life possible, a new study ash suggested.

International DNA barcoding agreement signed

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 09:37

Experts called for strengthening international scientific cooperation in species database sharing at the recently concluded fifth International Barcode of Life Conference in China`s Yunnan province.