Biotech & pharma
Researchers refine 'NanoVelcro' device to grab single cancer cells from blood
By By Shaun Mason | 27 Feb 2013
Taking the gamble out of DNA sequencing
27 Feb 2013
Scientists have developed an algorithm to predict how much can be learned in a large-scale DNA sequencing experiment -- with potential applications in every field of science
Researchers identify life’s tiniest architects
By By Bill Hathaway | 26 Feb 2013
Stanford scientists fit light-emitting bioprobe in a single cell
By By Andrew Myers | 25 Feb 2013
USC scientists turn off the ability to feel cold
By By Robert Perkins | 14 Feb 2013
24 new genes for nearsightedness identified
11 Feb 2013
Engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory, logic
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 11 Feb 2013
MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results, which are encoded in the cell’s DNA and passed on for dozens of generations
For drug makers, new 3-D control opens wealth of options
By By Eric Gershon | 09 Feb 2013
Even adaptable viruses have trouble surviving erratic temperatures
By By Bill Hathaway | 04 Feb 2013
Conventional wisdom on how stress-response protein works countered
By By Kim Irwin | 02 Feb 2013
'Psychic cells': scientists discover cells can communicate through physical barriers
By By Kim Irwin | 02 Feb 2013
Scientists have discovered a possible method by which cancer cells and dying cells communicate with nearby normal nerve cells without being physically connected to them
'Rhythm' of protein folding encoded in RNA, Stanford biologists find
By By Max McClure | 30 Jan 2013
Cells ‘flock’ to heal wounds
30 Jan 2013
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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
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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
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
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