Biotech & pharma
Fear of math? study finds some genetic factors
29 Apr 2014
New method to analyse how cancer cells die
26 Apr 2014
Skin layer grown in lab could replace animal testing
26 Apr 2014
The new epidermis, grown from human pluripotent stem cells, offers a cost-effective alternative lab model for testing drugs and cosmetics
Researchers develop lab grown skin
26 Apr 2014
Genetic legacy from the Ottoman Empire: single mutation causes rare brain disorder
By By Bill Hathaway | 25 Apr 2014
In the 'slime jungle' height matters
24 Apr 2014
Fast way to measure DNA repair
By By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 22 Apr 2014
Genetic mutations warn of skin cancer risk
21 Apr 2014
Gene variant raises risk for aortic tear and rupture
By By Helen Dodson | 19 Apr 2014
Stanford researchers develop a single-cell genomics technique to reverse engineer the developing lung
By By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 17 Apr 2014
Limiting certain protein in the brain reverses Alzheimer's symptoms
By By Deborah Halber | 16 Apr 2014
New finding suggests a way to block stress’ damage
By By Bill Hathaway | 14 Apr 2014
Biomolecular tweezers facilitate study of mechanical force effects on cells and proteins
12 Apr 2014
Genetic mutations warn of skin cancer risk
07 Apr 2014
Battling infection with microbes
04 Apr 2014
A key link between tumours and healthy tissue identified
By By Bill Hathaway | 22 Mar 2014
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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
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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
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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