Presidential criticism stings biotech firms
The days ahead are gloomy for the biotechnology industry in the United States, if the present downturn in the market persists.
Genetic fingerprinting catches on
Scientists are using DNA to be 99.99 per cent sure of an individual's and paternity in criminal cases
Patent paradox
Developing countries may get trapped by the brazen and unabashedly faulty bio-patenting model that a US firm is flaunting
How genes cheat
In order to promote themselves, certain genes resort to underhand tactics. Welcome to the realities of evolution
Suicidal growth
The debate over 'terminator technology' takes a new turn with the discovery of 36 sterility patent claims by public and private institutes the …
Dying very young
High mortality rate of cloned animals and unsuccessful attempts to clone monkeys worry researchers
There are ample facts to support biotechnology
CLIVE JAMES, chairperson, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications gives T V JAYAN and CLIFFORD POLYCARP his …
Bird's eye view of biotechnology is useful
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Protein - rich algae fatten kids
A noon meal food supplement consisting of a blue-green algae was provided to schoolchildren on a trial basis in Pudukottai district, with …
Glamorous and profitable, too
Biotechnology, which holds the answers to many persistent problems such as controlling disease and increasing food production, has tremendous …
Boom time for lab bloomers
India hopes to earn Rs 200 crore every year exporting flowers mass produced in laboratories
No milking the super-cows
The European Community has opposed injecting cows with the controversial hormone bovine somatrophin to boost milk production
Boost to ecofriendly farming
A department of biotechnology project to popularise the production of biofertilisers has recently been approved.
Genetic goldmine
Scientists have discovered a gene that may hold the key to breast cancer and several other mysterious diseases
Cyborg controversy
There's gaiety on the greens as the European Parliament drops a directive on patenting genetically-engineered life-forms
The third connection
In what appears to be the decade's most spectacular event in biology, scientists sequenced the entire genome of Methanococcus jannaschii , a …
Blueprint of life
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Public property
It is good to hear Western leaders say the genetic secrets of human life should be used for public good
How the topmost scientific advisory body gradually slipped into oblivion
After the NDA came to power under Narendra Modi in 2014, the SAC-PM went defunct as the new government failed to reconstitute the council
C V Raman Fellowships bring African and Indian researchers closer
Between 2010 and 2018, close to 500 African researchers availed the C V Raman International Fellowship to improve the quality of lives …
Agricultural biotechnologies necessary to defeat hunger, poverty in Asia-Pacific
The United Nations food agency is urging Asia-Pacific countries to consider both low-tech and high-tech solutions present in the biotechnology toolbox
Bickering hinders resolution
A recent meeting on biological diversity failed to establish ground rules for implementation, as the participating nations were totally unwilling …
Unravelling the mysteries of biotechnology
Decrease in the need for chemical inputs will depend on the direction research takes, as private companies are interested only in profits.
Cheaper vaccine to check hepatitis B
WHO's immunisation programme is expected to receive a tremendous boost thanks to the low-cost vaccine developed through genetic engineering
The ethics of genetic combinations
The 17th International Congress of Genetics highlighted the role that genetic technology could play in shaping our world.