Should smallpox virus specimens be destroyed or retained?

World Health Assembly to take a call on two remaining specimens in upcoming meet even as some scientists urge against their destruction; two …

Letters

FARMERS CONCERN

Threatened industry

Tangible shift

Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift

INDIA

GM or organic: The choice before African nations

An African Development Bank report pushes for GM technologies for achieving food security, while some African nations are showing the way with …

Moily bats for GM trials

After he revives regulatory body for GM crops, industry demands removal of state clearances

Parliamentary committee slams regulatory system on GM crops

Says the crops have an impact on health and the environment and that these aspects were overlooked while approving Bt Brinjal trials in India

‘Stem cells – more hype than hope’

Scientific community calls for more stringent regulation of basic stem cell research and clinical trials

Disclosure-shy industry

Pharma and biotech firms are lobbying hard to block disclosure of origin of genetic material used in inventions, but they also raise thorny issues

Cotton conundrum

The powers that be are hanging fire on Bt cotton despite long and intensive research. Indira Khurana delves into the baffling issue

Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials

Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime

The GM maize rats

Findings of the Seralini lab on effect of Monsanto’s GM maize on rats set off a global furore

Probiotics market thrives sans regulations

Indian food safety authority yet to specify deadline for notifying regulations for food products containing 'friendly' microorganisms

Lychee, a probable reason for acute encephalitis syndrome

Viral agents of dengue and measles could also be responsible

THE MONEY MAKERS

YAWN!

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Letters

GM crops: Here to stay

The Indian government is dead keen on GM crops. But what about a policy first?

Indian rotavirus vaccine found effective during clinical trial

Rotovac costs fifty times less than brands sold by global pharma companies

Dengue grips Delhi: virus strain circulating this year more deadly

Serotype DENV 2 has returned after a gap of a few years, which could be a reason for higher number of cases this year

Public health over profits

Can green mean free?

Fair farming

The European Union buckles under the pressure of the developing countries to reduce agricultural subsidies