Adept at adaptation

Human genes are evolving with changing environment

Power switch

Drives cell like a hybrid car

Genetically engineered foods safe for health, environment: Study

The report recommended that new crop varieties should be regulated on a plant’s characteristics rather than the process by which it was …

Recipe for rice

The two recently-published incomplete rice genome sequences do not in any way undermine the ten-country effort at a complete sequencing of the …

Should genetically modified organisms be part of our conservation efforts?

Genome editing and synthetic biology are giving rise to new forms of life. But do these organisms have conservation value as part of earth's …

Jump, they say

Why do some gene fragments jump around from one place to another? Russians believe they have the answer

The melting pot

You never thought it could happen. For the first time, geneticists have combined genes from different species

"Alternative fuel helps us tide over oil crises"

LUIS FERNANDES, Brazil's deputy minister for science and technology, talks to T V JAYAN about his government's biodiesel project and its other …

Deviation by multiplication

Genetic mutation results in speciation

Predicting cancer

United colours of humanity

Racial discrimination is a product of convictions and can be easily eradicated

‘No’ to a complete ban on gene editing

The gene altering technology may help in the eradication of hereditary diseases

Advantage BST

Biotech wine

Mapping mosquitoes

Scieniists perfecting protein-rich potato

Tomato trump-card

Engineered fruit and vegetables probably hold the key to a healthier future

Weaving warmth

Macaroni in the brain

Research on mice reveals a vital link in the search for a cure against Alzheimer's menace

Cancer solutions

Stopping blood supply to tumours appears to be a potent way to tackle cancer

Timely switches

A major breakthrough promises to transform the agricultural sector

Guidelines introduced

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Britain approves the cloning of humans

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