Tamil Nadu To Undertake Stem Cell Research
The central government has granted Rs 300 million to Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, to undertake stem cell research.// CMC will pioneer experiments to see if stem cells can be developed into heart muscles, nerve cells and if primary cells can grow into specialized cells. "It is a matter of great prestige that the CMC has been selected for this important project....Research Undertaken To Unravel the Baby Mind
Psychologists at the University of Manchester are trying to learn about how babies acquire knowledge. For babies the adult world is a complicated collection of sights, sounds and smells. // Hence research is going on as to understand how they cope up with it. Lead investigator Dr Sylvain Sirois said that BabyLab are set to investigate how babies learn and also about their neurological d...Jalgaon undertakes Culling of Two Lakh Birds
Culling operations, which began in Jalgaon, on March 29, following fresh reports of bird flu will be completed today. District authorities along with the Maharashtra// Animal Husbandry Department officials has undertaken the culling of approximately two lakh chickens from six tehsils in Jalgaon district. The operation was carried out by 500 health workers, in 82 teams. According to Dr...Developing Countries Undertake Cataloguing of Human Mutations
Developing countries have undertaken the lead in a global program to catalogue human mutations in their countries and make it available to anyone with internet access//. For a sample of the expected rewards, look at the work of Professor Raj Ramesar, a professor at the division of human genetics at the University of Cape Town. Ramesar studied the genes of a family who suffe...Researchers from Emory University Undertake A New Genetic Mapping
Researchers from Atlanta have announced that in a new project they've begun to draw out a new kind of genetic data that may help explain why some people// are susceptible or resistant to certain diseases. It has been reported that the synopsis of the project that is being undertaken by the researchers of the Emory University was released yesterday, the 10th August, and it is to be pub...