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IIT-Madras creates cost-effective desi 3D atlas of human brain | Chennai News

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IIT-Madras creates cost-effective desi 3D atlas of human brain | Chennai News

Funded in part by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, the project aims to advance understanding of brain development and diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. CHENNAI: Five fetal brains, aged between 14 and 24 weeks, were cut into 20-micron slices – less than half the thickness of human hair – by scientists at IIT Madras to create … Read more

Microbes: IIT-M helps NASA study microbes in ISS | Chennai News

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Microbes: IIT-M helps NASA study microbes in ISS | Chennai News

CHENNAI: Microbes found in the International Space Station (ISS) mutate faster to cope with the extreme environment, a study by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and IIT Madras have found. It may lead to methods to contain microbial contamination in hospitals as much as in spacecraft. The researchers studied multi-drug resistant pathogens with a particular … Read more