TEHRAN (ANA)- Two Iranian PhD graduates of Islamic Azad University’s Shahr-e Kord branch registered two new genes in the US National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

TEHRAN (ANA)- Head of Iran’s biotechnology association said that the country’s researchers have succeeded in producing different types of biotechnology medicine and exporting them to foreign states.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at one of the knowledge-based companies in Iran have not only produced bio-polymers for use in toys and food coatings, but also, they have produced flame retardant powders that make cables and construction equipment resistant in fire.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health researchers have successfully created chimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the NHM have found that marine biodiversity can be measured with environmental DNA (eDNA) – an application of gene sequencing to environmental biology and this method should allow for the rapid assessment of changes in marine life, making environmental DNA a critical tool for managing climate change responses. 

TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists at Monash University in Victoria successfully employed bioprinting techniques to create 3D neuronal constructs using rat neurons and astrocytes.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists at an Iranian company applied nanotechnology to make different types of DNA and RNA extraction kits.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Paper filters from the Auchencorth Moss air quality monitoring station in Scotland were chock full of genetic material from local animals and plants and similar facilities around the globe could help researchers track biodiversity, scientists at the York University found.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Academic researchers in Iran have produced a multi-layered hydrogel to repair damaged cartilage by using ketira as a biodegradable polymer.

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.