Biotech & pharma
Mutated gene safeguards against heart attacks
09 Mar 2016
Monsanto threatens pull-out over proposed royalty fee cut on GM seeds
05 Mar 2016
While Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India), argues that the government has no role in determining trade fee, the government panel was clear in its view that the crop cost for cotton farmers has gone up after MMB substantially raised fees for sub-licensing BT seed technology
Study identifies genes linked to stroke risk
01 Mar 2016
Different organs have their own sexuality: study
24 Feb 2016
New nanotechnology detects biomarkers of cancer
19 Feb 2016
Delivering genes across the blood-brain barrier
12 Feb 2016
Bharat Biotech claims breakthrough in Zika vaccine development
03 Feb 2016
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has filed for global patent of two vaccine candidates - a recombinant vaccine and an inactivated vaccine - for Zika virus
Too-few proteins prompt nanoparticles to clump
01 Feb 2016
US nod likely for growing human organs in animals
12 Jan 2016
By putting human DNA in animals like pigs and sheep, scientists hope to produce organs in the animals that can be transplanted into humans without rejection. But there are fears the animals could take on human traits, including intelligence