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Punjab to become first province with gene sequencing machine for coronavirus tracing

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Punjab to become first province with gene sequencing machine for coronavirus tracing

The genome sequencing machine Pakistan will be buying. Photo: Courtesy Punjab primary and secondary healthcare department In a first, a genome sequencing machine is being purchased by Punjab to help identify news strains of COVID-19 in the province. Currently, only the National Institute of Health in Islamabad has such a machine. Samples from positive patients … Read more

Scientists develop a new gene therapy to delay aging

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Islamabad   –  Cellular senescence, a state of permanent growth arrest, has emerged as a hallmark and fundamental driver of organismal aging. It is regulated by both genetic and epigenetic factors. Despite a few previously reported aging-associated genes, the identity and roles of additional genes involved in the regulation of human cellular aging remain to be … Read more