Antigens on the surface of one’s red blood cells determine their blood group. Some people do not contain prevalent antigens, making their blood group rare. Image credit:© iStock.com, Md Saiful Islam Khan In 2011, a woman from the French overseas region of Guadeloupe underwent routine tests before a surgery. Strikingly, doctors could not identify her…
The Voice is back! The Voice returns for season 28 with singers in pursuit of a recording contract with Universal Music Group, while the reality series is in search of “America’s next singing phenomenon.” For the new season, the coaching panel includes popular recording artists, like Michael Bublé, Reba McEntire, Niall Horan and Snoop Dogg….
Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai on Monday (September 22, 2025) Addressing the Sabarimala Samrakshana Sangamam. In his inaugural address, Mr. Annamalai accused both leaders of misusing temple platforms while opposing Sanatana Dharma. He also criticised the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s Global Ayyappa Sangamam and the DMK government’s Global Muruga…
An international team of scientists has revealed how rogue rings of DNA that float outside of our chromosomes — known as extrachromosomal DNA, or ecDNA — can drive the growth of a large proportion of glioblastomas, the most common and aggressive adult brain cancer. The discovery could open the door to much-needed new approaches to…
On July 31 and August 1, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers received the devastating news that over 800 federal research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Energy, totaling close to 600 million dollarswere immediately suspended. As I am writing this, nearly a…
Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri District Collector Hanumanth Rao with Former DSP Nalini. A day after former Deputy Superintendent of Police Nalini posted that she was suffering from a serious disease and the pain was shattering her body, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy reached out to her asking the Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri District Collector Hanumanth Rao to visit her personally assuring…
SEAS researchers have discovered the chemical mechanism by which certain salt compounds break down protein waste, like wool and feathers. The discovery enables a gentler and more sustainable protein recycling process. The textile and meat-processing industries produce billions of tons of waste annually in the form of feathers, wool and hair, all of which are…
Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is essential for sustaining pluripotency and enabling lineage-specific differentiation during induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) research workflows. In translational applications, switching from research-grade to GMP-grade reagents, or vice versa, often introduces uncertainties that can disrupt experimental or clinical progress. Functional equivalence across bFGF grades is a key solution for maintaining…
