Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Researchers at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have revealed a key defence system in plants to fight viruses. Plants are known to use liquid-like, sticky protein droplets to trap and disable invading viruses. The study, led by Dr Mandar V. Deshmukh and published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), maps out the molecular-level mechanism for this process.Many viruses contain double-stranded RNA as their genetic material. Plants…
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Hyderabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Chandramouli Gaddamanugu, the aerospace engineer who directed the Akash Missile System from development to deployment in Operation Sindoor, veteran actors Maganti Murali Mohan and Babu Rajendra Prasad and celebrated Kuchipudi dancer Deepika Reddy are among 11 personalities from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who have been conferred Padma Shri awards for outstanding contributions in their respective fields.Seven individuals from Telangana and four from Andhra Pradesh have b…