Month: April 2021

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”607px” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Scientists identify genetic switch that helps determine how many neurons grow in an embryo Human, left, and chimpanzee mini-brains at five weeks old © S.Benito-Kwiecinski/MRC LMB/Cell    Clive Cookson, Science Editor | Financial Times | MARCH 24 2021  Researchers in…

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Researchers identify novel SARS-CoV-2 variant unregistered on genomic sequence databases Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. | News-Medical.Net | Apr 7 2021 A team of scientists from the University of California Santa Cruz, USA, recently identified a novel variant (B.1.x) of…