Tag: DNA

Research paves way for better drugs for breast cancer

August 23, 2021 The Medium News No Comments

New Delhi, Aug 23: In a study that could help design better drugs for breast cancer, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Bhopal have identified the mechanism by which breast cancer cells proliferate and spread. The team studied the regulation of a gene called ‘ESRP1’ in breast cancer. They found that…

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New hope for mitochondrial disorders

March 31, 2021 The Medium News No Comments

New Delhi: Efforts to find a treatment for mitochondrial disorders is set to get a major boost with a team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s National Institute of Immunology (DBT-NII) figuring out a way to tackle autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO), which is a widely prevalent mitochondrial disorder. Mitochondrial genetic disorders refer…

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