Poison suckers

Researchers create genetically modified plants to decontaminate arsenic polluted sites

Karnataka farmers upset over Bt cotton

Zimbabwe row over GM food aid ends

Deviation by multiplication

Genetic mutation results in speciation

Predicting cancer

United colours of humanity

Racial discrimination is a product of convictions and can be easily eradicated

Ball in Public's court

Genes are not destiny: environment and education still matter when it comes to intelligence

Even if intelligence has a genetic basis, this doesn't make educational intervention pointless

Biotech-engineered rice has few takers

Despite advancements, research programmes in rice biotechnology heve drawn lukewarm response because it is felt that there is little money to be …

Supermouse

A gene which boosts the growth of muscles in mice could enhance meat production and also be a cure for cancer

Dolly II

Chinese scientists have achieved a major breakthrough by cloning the endangered giant panda

Sound and fury

Monsanto talks too much. Misinformed activists rush in to burn fields in protest against the company. And India's government authorities, sitting …

Chimp's aid

Chimps are not victimised by AIDS because a lethal sickness has made their immune system resistant to the disease

Code of misconduct

The human genome may not solve all our problems. One of the most far-reaching consequences of the decoding is the ability to predict people's …

Tracking India's wealth

India has come out with maps of its biodiversity-rich regions, one of the first countries to do so in the world. It was the fruit of a five-year …

Going bananas

New genetic techniques to introduce disease-resistance and other traits in banana plants

Organ piggybank

Genetically engineered pigs could substitute human organ donors

Self defence

And now, green genes

Now, we can pin down those tiny chromosomes which help cancer spread its deadly web

Breaking the monopoly

By developing transgenic cotton seeds, Indian scientists enter Monsanto's domain

Thailand

Brazil

Trials for the future

Monsanto gets ready to test modified soyabean in India

Put on hold

GM mustard launch deferred

Role reversal

Anti-HIV drugs can mutate the genes of an embryo