Yerba mate, along with tea and coffee, is one of the world's most popular caffeinated beverages. Widely consumed in South ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

The study revealed that a gene common in some bats can reduce the production of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by up to 90%, which could help lead to new medical approaches to combating viral diseases.

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Analysis of the yerba mate plant genome reveals that caffeine was key for the evolution of its metabolic complexity and ...

Professor David Ray’s laboratory in the Department of Biological Sciences helped identify genetic components in bats that provide insight into their immune systems.

IIT Madras launches cancer genome database to transform cancer research in India, aiming to identify biomarkers and ...

The Research was led by the Institute's Centre of Excellence on Cancer Genomics and Molecular Therapeutics, which was funded ...

A complex molecular machine, the spliceosome, ensures that the genetic information from the genome, after being transcribed into mRNA precursors, is correctly assembled into mature mRNA. Splicing is a ...

CHENNAI: IIT Madras on Monday launched the Bharat Cancer Genome Atlas (BCGA) with data on 960 whole exome sequencing it has ...