Trials under trial

THE PHILIPPINES

Corn cleared

BRAZIL

Gene's-eye view of Olympics

Scientists are peering into the genomes of top athletes to find out which genes can spill their secrets of success. How much of athletic …

Row over relief

Seeds of doubt

Researchers identify climate change-resilient chickpea genes

The first-ever successful genome sequencing of chickpea means the development of new varieties with high yields, and no pests and diseases, …

Russia to grow 30 gene-edited plants, animals by 2027

The country aims to create 10 new varieties of such crops as well as animals by 2020; another 20 by 2027

Follow Up

ARGENTINA

Question of safety

The Bangkok conference on the risks of genetically modified corps advocated greater investment of public funds in bio-safety research

Gene doping can change the nature of sports

It involves injecting a gene helpful in boosting athletic performance into the cells of a person. The International Olympic Committee says it …

A Nelson's eye on digital biopiracy

Biodiversity meet puts off decision on benefit-sharing from digital gene sequences

Kindergar(d)en find

Researchers identify the closest living relatives of the first land plants -- a group of green algae

Bt Cotton imbroglio

A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?

Designer babies can lead to growth of homogenous individuals

A Chinese researcher has claimed that he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies but the development may come at a heavy cost

यौन भावनात्मकता की समझ

क्या आपकी यौन प्राथमिकता केवल आपके जीनों का परिणाम है या पर्यावरण और संस्कृति भी इस पर प्रभाव डालते हैं?

Say hello to hachimoji: Scientists just doubled the genetic alphabet

Research results hold potential to look for different forms of life existing elsewhere in the universe

Patent applied for protein gene

Cropping up

GENES, CROPS AND THE ENVIRONMENT by John Holden, James Peacock and Trevor Williams Publisher: Cambridge University Press Price: Not stated

UNITED NATIONS

Nature's timekeepers

Fading out

Self control