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Advancement in DNA Research may Bring Back Woolly Mammoth

... elephant. Then you could genetically engineer the elephant DNA, point by point, so that it matches the mammot...in an elephant's womb, you could create a modified elephant that's nearly identical to the original mammoth. Or it could become possible to make entire chromoso...

Emotions Play 'significant Role' in Recovery from Hip Surgery

...e a lot to do with their emotional state. It's the elephant in the exam room - that is, something doctors need to acknowledge is a real issue," he said. And one way of dealing with this issue, Dr Moed says, may be to recommend that the patients see a psychologist. "That could include bringing in social wo...

Jharkhand Elephant may Have Been Poisoned

An eight-year-old elephant which died under mysterious circumstances not far ...ed. "We are not sure but we strongly believe the elephant was poisoned to death by villagers. Elephants have caused havoc and villagers might have used poison...

India’s Biotech Companies- Jumbos Waiting to Gro

...he moment we think of biotech in India as the baby elephant where information technology is the adult elephant. But that baby elephant is going to grow. "Any biotech or biopharma player in the industrialized world that doesn't pay ca...

Free health check-ups for captive elephants

...ct was assessed through a pilot study where mobile elephant clinics were set up and the team examined nearly 1... "The pilot study received excellent support from elephant owners and veterinarians treating the elephants and has prompted the team to initiate a detailed one...

NHGRI Aims To Sequence Primate Genomes

...s); guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana); tree shrew (Tupaia species); rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus); and a bat species that will be determined based on the availability of a high-quality DNA sample and the selected bat's promise as a biomedical model. NHGRI has recent...

Octarms for robots for better grasping of objects

... works in a similar way as that of tentacles or an elephant trunk. // It is said that these tentacles can grasp and grapple a wide variety of objects. Initially the robots could not do this and rely on mechanical gripping jaws. They were not good at grabbing or holding large or irregularly shaped objects. ...

A Royal Flush And A White Elephant

...breaking with the weight of trying to keep a white elephant standing. Source -(IANS)...

The Chemistry Of Sexual Attraction Between Male And Female Elephants

... pheromone, frontalin, depends on whether the male elephant is mature enough and has reached a particular stage of musth. "This study reveals the precision and specificity of inter-animal signaling possible. This is the first example, in mammals, of the use of this very precise signaling and ratio of enant...

Kasturba Medical College Organizes 'CME- Orth 2005' From 4th To 6th November

...ic through the week at a nominal entrance fee. The elephant and whale skulls and the long king cobra skeleton continue to fascinate many visitors. The unique interactive teaching environment attracts students from both school and college. The museum has numerous skeletons and anatomical specimens highlighti...

Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend

...do three other mammal species, probably the whale, elephant and dolphin, for what it would have cost to carry the dog genome to an 8 X fidelity. "We can do more species at lower cost and still annotate [identify] elements of the human genome with equal power," they said. A more complete genetic sequencing...

Dog DNA reveals man's link with best friend

...do three other mammal species, probably the whale, elephant and dolphin, for what it would have cost to carry the dog genome to an 8 X fidelity. "We can do more species at lower cost and still annotate [identify] elements of the human genome with equal power," they said. A more complete genetic sequencing...

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