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
Selling God's secrets
After 20 years of scepticism, increasing sales have finally convinced industries that genetic engineering holds the key to the future.
Turning dreams into reality
A cure for influenza and a substance harder than diamond: two of the products conjured up by designer science
Waking up livers with foetal cells
Scientists say foetal liver cells injected into patients suffering from severe liver failure can regenerate the damaged organ
Computers to map the human genetic code
Indian scientists have developed a computer programme that transforms a huge quantity of genetic data into an easily understood graphic on a …
Presidential criticism stings biotech firms
The days ahead are gloomy for the biotechnology industry in the United States, if the present downturn in the market persists.
Genetic fingerprinting catches on
Scientists are using DNA to be 99.99 per cent sure of an individual's and paternity in criminal cases
Patent paradox
Developing countries may get trapped by the brazen and unabashedly faulty bio-patenting model that a US firm is flaunting
How genes cheat
In order to promote themselves, certain genes resort to underhand tactics. Welcome to the realities of evolution
Suicidal growth
The debate over 'terminator technology' takes a new turn with the discovery of 36 sterility patent claims by public and private institutes the …
Dying very young
High mortality rate of cloned animals and unsuccessful attempts to clone monkeys worry researchers
There are ample facts to support biotechnology
CLIVE JAMES, chairperson, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications gives T V JAYAN and CLIFFORD POLYCARP his …
Bird's eye view of biotechnology is useful
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Protein - rich algae fatten kids
A noon meal food supplement consisting of a blue-green algae was provided to schoolchildren on a trial basis in Pudukottai district, with …
Glamorous and profitable, too
Biotechnology, which holds the answers to many persistent problems such as controlling disease and increasing food production, has tremendous …
Boom time for lab bloomers
India hopes to earn Rs 200 crore every year exporting flowers mass produced in laboratories
No milking the super-cows
The European Community has opposed injecting cows with the controversial hormone bovine somatrophin to boost milk production