Putting out new shoots
Whether it's increasing yields, cutting growth time of plants, increasing their resistance to disease or preserving genetic resources, scientists …
IISc is not working on terminator genes
Goverdhan Mehta , director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, talks to N Raghavan on the need to sharpen the institute's focus and …
Is genetic engineering the right way to cure the problem of invasive species?
A new gene-based technology allows curbing the population of species such as mosquitoes which spread malaria or dengue. But there are dangers involved
Brain fog after COVID-19? Study shows severe infection can trigger expression of ‘old age’ genes
Inflammation, not virus infiltration in the brain, may be responsible for alteration in brain gene activity
In Search of the Forgotten Rice Varieties
If the current trend towards genetic uniformity in rice varities continues, our food security will be severely imperilled
When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa
Ability to produce speech sounds catapulted Homo sapiens into a world in which they would dominate all other species
Who is protected?
The Lok Sabha passed Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Bill with complete amendments on August 9, 2001, twenty months after it …
Coronavirus variants: why being more transmissible rather than more deadly isn’t good news
At the heart of this assertion lies an old foe that has plagued us right from the start of this pandemic: exponential growth
Nobel Prize for chemistry for gene-editing: A gene engineer explains how it works
CRISPR has huge potential to transform how scientists can detect, treat and even eradicate diseases as well as improve agricultural products
French-American duo share 2020 Chemistry Nobel for ‘genetic scissors’
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools
Good evil
Pollen from transgenic crops is now known to have a much wider reach. This could spell disaster as the control of these resistant varieties-turned-…
MIAMI GROUP VS rest of the world
Are genetically modified organisms a miracle that will solve the world's hunger problems or a menace that will threaten human health, environment …
Ancient GPS? Older, evolutionarily unchanged part of the brain guides lost fish back home
This part of the brain might perform a similar function in other vertebrates, including humans
Bt Brinjal – the war goes on
Pro Bt Brinjal group releases a report challenging contention that the vegetable is used in medicine
Now drug-resistant genes can be identified in less than half the time
A researcher in California talks about FLASH, her new gene-based technology that can help doctors tackle antibiotic resistance better
The Human Genome Project pieced together only 92% of the DNA — now scientists have finally filled in the remaining 8%
Efforts continue to create diverse genomic references that fully represent the human population and life on Earth
These lethal changes in India’s patent rules
The proposed amendments are a capitulation to Big Pharma and will undermine vital public health safeguards in the law
Trials under trial
THE PHILIPPINES
Corn cleared
Human evolution didn’t stop at split from chimpanzees, 155 tiny new genes identified: Study
Some of the new genes linked with growth defects, diseases, say scientists
BRAZIL
Row over relief
Seeds of doubt