Nemesis of killer drugs

The investigator who took on a pharma giant in the US

A hurried job

Karnataka government’s survey to estimate the scale of endosulfan tragedy is a half-hearted attempt

Memories of Agent Orange

Children of endosulfan

Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …

Every breath you take

Pollutants in the air damage more than the lungs, warn health experts

When battered people took on the pesticide industry

The ethics of genetic combinations

The 17th International Congress of Genetics highlighted the role that genetic technology could play in shaping our world.

Basic Instinct

In a simultaneous press release issued on Monday, 26 June 2000, the Human Genome Project, an international government-funded project, and Celera …

Genes, Dreams and Reality

Don't blame your genes. Environment and lifestyle cause cancer

Genetics and the great Faustian pact

Older than age

Paralysing gene

Pre-natal healing

Culprit gene found

It's mama's fault

Scientists suggest a disorder that causes periods of ecstasy and depression is passed on through mothers.

Mutation marauders

A new class of mutations, involving duplications instead of deletion or 'misspelling'and displaying queer patterns of transmission, might be …

Geneless and immoral

Manipulating life

Biological molecules hold the key to understanding diverse life processes and to correct aberrations

Is it a gene defect?

Bubble baby

Roller-coaster riders inside cells

Specialised structures such as chromosomes were thought to float haphazardly in cells. Now, researchers believe tiny motors guide them on …

New for old

Replacement and alteration of defective genes is a milestone in gene therapy

Gene jitters

Agouti : the prolific gene

A gene that determines coat colours in mice and affects cellular calcium might hold valuable clues to understanding human ailments like obesity

The stress-maker