TEHRAN (ANA)- Though the Iceman mummy’s skin is obviously dark, scientists used to think that was a result of being frozen in a glacier for more than 5,000 years but new genetic analysis by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology reveals that Ötzi really was dark-skinned.
TEHRAN (ANA)- A team of researchers at Indiana University and NASA have uncovered the first tangible evidence for sustained wet-dry evolution on Mars, which is considered essential for prebiotic chemical evolution, a stepping-stone towards the emergence of life.
TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) have acquired a new method for sex manipulation to predetermine the sex of animal offspring using microfluidic systems to separate cells.
TEHRAN (ANA)- Environmental leaders of 185 countries agreed at the Global Environment Facility's seventh assembly to launch an innovative new fund for biodiversity that will attract funding from governments, philanthropy, and the private sector.
TEHRAN (ANA)- The ‘polyclonal antibodies’ which are widely used in disease diagnosis and treatment, detection and removal of environmental pollutants, control of pathogens and purification of protein molecules, were produced by Iranian researchers.
TEHRAN (ANA)- More than 20 years after people got a peek at the first draft of the human genome, our genetic instruction book, researchers at the University of California have unlocked the next level: the human pangenome.
TEHRAN (ANA)- A member of the scientific board of Royan Research Institute said that despite the advantages and technical possibility of the birth of a baby with 3 genetic parents in Iran, certain ethical concerns still exist.
TEHRAN (ANA)- One of the researchers and a senior member of Royan Research Institute believes that the fertility method with 3 genetic parents in Iran can be implemented easily from a technical point of view, saying that it can prevent many diseases and increase the hope of fertility in elderly people.
TEHRAN (ANA)- Head of the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute announced the removal of the main obstacles to the exports of aquatic feed by taking advantage of capabilities of the Iranian researchers to trace transgenic raw materials in aquatic feed.