DNA

Until now, researchers had assumed that 80% of our DNA is functional. But lately, researchers at the University of Oxford have found that a mere 8.2% of the human DNA is functional!

So far, HIV has eluded a cure because it installs its genome into human DNA so insidiously that it's impossible for our immune system to clear it out. But lately, researchers from Temple University claim that they have successfully deleted HIV virus from human DNA.

A research team in California has attempted to embed a piece of artificial genetic code in an organism. So far, it seems to be working fine and the organism is reproducing normally so that the off-springs carry the genetic alteration as well.

Imagine a DNA being used to deduce the face of the person to whom the DNA belongs. That may sound like science fiction but researchers at Penn State are on their way to accomplish this.

Until a decade or so ago, DNA sequencing and the science of reading our DNAs, was an alien concept to most. Now that it is becoming increasingly popular, two biotech experts have undertaken a task to read through a child's DNA and find out what mysterious diseases ails him.

Flying pigs may be an impossible and oft-used phrase but you can rest assured that 'glowing pigs' have entered the realm of reality. Scientists at South China Agricultural University announced the breakthrough last week.

Scientists have made some startling discoverties about Neanderthals in light of fresh analysis of a 50,000 years old DNA. According to the DNA analysis, Neanderthals were highly inbred, probably due to their small population.

It has long been believed that DNA is responsible for telling the cells how to make proteins. But lately a group of international scientists believes that they have identified a second DNA code, one that instructs cells on how genes are controlled.

Emotions play an important part in our daily lives. Fear is one such emotion that is pre-programmed into all animals and people as an instinctual response to potential danger. However, lately a new study says that mice can easily pass learned behaviors like a trained fear response to their offspring through DNA!

Among all the domestic animals, dogs are said to be the most loyal animal to people. Since the time of Charles Darwin, scientists have argued over the origin of domesticated dogs. In simple word, the question was raised how, when and where dogs were first transformed (domesticated) into man’s best friend? Scientists have found their answer as DNS…