Biotech & pharma
Scripps Florida scientists discover a key pathway that protects cells against death by stress
14 Feb 2015
Foundry of the future gets a boost
10 Feb 2015
Researchers at Imperial College London are creating a foundry that will enable them to create accurate, high quality synthetic DNA and use it to control the function of the cell
Genetically engineered antibodies show enhanced HIV-fighting abilities
09 Feb 2015
Researchers have developed antibody-based molecules that are more than 100 times better than our bodies' own defences at binding to and neutralising HIV
Bioengineers develop tool for reprogramming genetic code
31 Jan 2015
By selectively manipulating how DNA issues biological commands, Stanford bioengineers have developed a tool that could prove useful in future gene therapies
New analysis explains collagen’s force
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 27 Jan 2015
Brain’s on-off thirst switch identified
27 Jan 2015
Chemists find a way to unboil eggs
26 Jan 2015
New way to model sickle cell behaviour
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 24 Jan 2015
New device allows scientists to glimpse communication between immune cells
By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 16 Jan 2015
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation