Regulating GM food imports

Business community supports Sri Lankan government

South Asia

Careless losses

From beer to recombinant DNA

...or how the ethical minefield of biotechnology has grown over time

PIPPHILINES

Saving genetic heritage

Three is company!

A fertility treatment spawns babies with the DNA of three parents, instead of two

Brazil

BIOTECH COMPENSATION

A diverse bill

It is important to generate a national debate on the Biological Diversity Bill

Put on hold

GM mustard launch deferred

Toxic hybrid

GM crops are unsafe, right?

Bytes

Gene theft

LATIN AMERICA

It's all in the name

Thai farmers and activists object to a US company's use of the name Jasmati for a rice variety

Foreign invasion

How the West is trying to steal what is ours

Cooking up mustard

This genetically modified plant is a marker of discontent

Cornucopia of cures

Genome of life saving bacterium is sequenced

The food revolution: How your diet can help save your llife and the world

Gaur clone dies

The first clone of an endangered animal dies of a common infection

The card up the sleeve

New Genesis

The mapping of human genes opens up new frontiers and also gives rise to fresh fears

Banning gm foods

Testing times

Monsanto gets the nod to carry out trials of its GMOs