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44 million unknown variants: What India’s Genome Project found, and why it matters | India News

For nearly two decades, Indian geneticists harboured a quiet frustration: while the world chased genomic breakthroughs, the billion-plus people of this subcontinent remained largely genomically invisible to science.The global genetic databases doctors and drug developers use to decode diseases, predict risks, and tailor treatments are, as one geneticist put it, “extremely Eurocentric”. Few databases capture…

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New COVID variants on the rise: The ‘razor-blade’ throat symptom could be a key warning sign |

COVID-19 cases are surging across the US, driven by new variants like the highly transmissible Nimbus (NB.1.8.1). This Omicron subvariant, first detected in 2025 in China, causes a distinct ‘razor-blade throat’ symptom. Here’s everything you should know bout the new COVID variant, its symptoms and how to prevent. The latest data from the US Centers…

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