Onco-mouse raises hackles

Designer vegetables

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

This and that

How the same genes play different roles in different animals

Drugs aimed at specific genes

It is a possibility thanks to a seemingly insignificant scientific observation

No mistakes

Patented stars

Famous people may patent their DNA

Biotech blues

Lack of transparency afflicts India's biotech industry

Biotech parley

A conference on biotechnology in Bangalore failed to live up to its hype

Nepal's biotech vision

Foreign-made welcome

But India's health care system has little space for indigenously developed biotechnology

Plainly partial

Draft biotech strategy favours industry; omits biosafety

Stop replication

Viral genome reveals the way to check attacks on tassar

The patents business

Warring tomatoes

Cleaning up naturally

Fatal blow

Patent laws challenged

Deciphered!

Scientists map an entire sequence of a human chromosome

A mammoth clone?

Scientists are trying to create it, though the chances are slim

Dealing with mutant genes

Important, but not busy

Express yourself

The latest on calcium's role in regulating expression or repression of genes