Gay on genes

The biochemistry of growing old

Research looks into the DNA factor acting as a stimulant for aging

Gene foretells

Finally, breaking ground

Ban on altered crops

Blood from animals

MONEYMAKERS

Whose verdict anyway!

Ready to eat?

Orissa's biotech policy 2005

Biodiversity, farmers' interests at stake

Biotech for all

Can information sharing make

Researchers develop transgenic rice with reduced arsenic accumulation

Lucknow-based CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute researchers developed transgenic rice by inserting a novel fungal gene, which results in …

Bacteria can breakdown biodiesel waste into useful products

Indian scientists have developed a technique to breakdown glycerol into commercially-useful products using bacterial strains

Holy cow! So many patents

ICAR and CSIR laboratories are helping a Nagpur cow research institute to patent therapies based on cow excreta

The biotech brigands

Developed nations are interpreting key clauses of the biodiversity treaty with the aim of protecting their own biotechnology industries from …

Enzymes that came in from the cold

The ability of microorganisms found in the Antarctic region to produce enzymes at low temperatures could save energy used for heating in …

Biotechnology assures leap in production

Tissue culture can change the face of agriculture, asserts Ajit Thomas, who heads a firm that has gone in a big way for biotechnology …

Flower on order

Genetic engineering can soon make plants bloom on cue and change the shape of a plant as required

Potatoes to the rescue

Genetically engineered potatoes can help prevent diabetes and tackle diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis

A question of ethics

At a recent conference on bio-ethics, scientists-expressed, the need to check the, misuse biotechnology

Aliens in the voters list

A green signal by the Swiss to carry on research in genetic engineering is making environmental organisations see red

Future science

Biological issues took precedence over all others at the recently-held science congress in Chennai

The cost of gene info

A debate rages in England over the possibility aind scope of insuring genetic information

BIOGENETICS

Cultured to propagate

Tissue culture helps scientists protect endangered flora