15 – 21 April 2019 Pig brains partially revived four hours after death Revival of disembodied organs raises slew of ethical and legal questions about the nature of death and consciousness. Find source Researchers 3D-print heart from human patient’s cells Researchers have 3D-printed a heart using a patient’s cells, providing hope that the …
08 – 14 April 2019 ‘Three-person’ baby boy born in Greece Fertility doctors in Greece and Spain say they have produced a baby from three people in order to overcome a woman's infertility. Find source ‘Impact factors are still widely used in academic evaluations Survey finds that 40% of research-intensive universities mention the controversial metric …
01 – 07 April 2019 Sydney Brenner: Molecular biology pioneer dies The South African of Lithuanian descent made many pioneering discoveries in the field of molecular and developmental biology, winning a Nobel Prize in 2002. Find source Globally, one in five deaths are associated with poor diet The study estimates that one in five …
25 -31 March 2019 Portugal baby born to woman brain dead for three months A funeral is being held for a 26-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday despite being brain dead since December. Find source Engineering cellular function without living cells Scientists have come up with a systematic …
18 – 24 March 2019 Fathers-to-be: Smoking could harm your baby Fathers-to-be who smoke may increase the risk of congenital heart defects in their offspring, according to a new study. Find source With single gene insertion, blind mice regain sight A gene for green opsin delivered via virus gave blind mice enough sight to discern …
11 – 17 March 2019 Pakistan to internationalize its research publishing and higher education sector A high level delegate visited Pakistan during an event to interact with national universities and research journals. Pakistan topped in research out put among developing countries during 2018. Find source Thousands of scientists are backing the kids striking for …
04 – 10 March 2019 Sewage reveals levels of antimicrobial resistance worldwide Sewage can reveal the occurrence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria among healthy populations, an international study shows. Find source Gene identified that increases risk of antibiotic reaction Researchers have identified a gene that increases the risk for a severe and potentially life-threatening reaction to vancomycin. Find …
25 February – 03 March 2019 University of California boycotts publishing giant Elsevier The mammoth University of California (UC) announced that it will stop paying to subscribe to journals published by Elsevier, the world’s largest scientific publisher. Find source Night-vision ‘super-mice’ created using light-converting nanoparticles The particles bind to photoreceptors in the eyes …
We are excited to announce the release of our Vol 6 Issue 2. This time in our multidisciplinary reads you can read articles on Forensic entomology; Human cryptosporidiosis; Human phylogenetic study on basis of 46 ancient mitochondrial genomes; meta-analysis on rice leaf spot disease in Punjab and Protein engineering of CeIR for enhanced expression. …
18 – 24 February 2019 ‘Reprogrammed’ stem cells to treat spinal-cord injuries for the first time Approval from Japanese regulators means that trials of induced pluripotent stem cells can begin later this year. Find source Gene-edited animal creators look beyond US market Tired of regulatory confusion and a lack of funding, some US researchers …
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