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B.Sc, M.Sc.

Amrita Surendranath

Amrita has a masters in Human Genetics from Sri Ramachandra medical College and is hooked onto everything even remotely associated with genes. She loves every aspect of writing, the research, planning and actually weaving all the thoughts together. If she's not writing, she's busy being an avid view more..

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Follicular Lymphoma : Sestrin1 Gene Link Detected

Follicular Lymphoma : Sestrin1 Gene Link Detected

Sestrin1 gene loss of function or down regulation leads to an increased risk of follicular lymphoma.

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Madurai Professor Designs New Age Apron For X Ray Technicians

Madurai Professor Designs New Age Apron For X Ray Technicians

A light and safe apron for X ray technicians was designed by Dr. Senthil Kumar, a professor from Madurai Medical College.

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Stanford Scientists Identify Relative Risk of 25 Cancer Associated Genes

Stanford Scientists Identify Relative Risk of 25 Cancer Associated Genes

Stanford University scientists identified the relative risk of 25 cancer genes to be between 2 and 40 times higher than cases where the gene variations were not present.

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Working at Night Will Affect Your Body’s Ability to Repair DNA Damage

Working at Night Will Affect Your Body’s Ability to Repair DNA Damage

Night shift workers are found to have low melatonin levels during the night, which affect their ability to repair DNA damage caused by free radicals.

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Addressing Key Immune Reaction May Reverse Arterial Disease

Addressing Key Immune Reaction May Reverse Arterial Disease

Targeting immune pathway that causes monocytes to become M2 macrophages shown to dampen plaque inflammation in atherosclerosis and lead to its regression.

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