Biotech & pharma
Editing the genome with high precision
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 05 Jan 2013
Quick detection of periodontitis pathogens
04 Jan 2013
A rare mutation offers wide possibilities
04 Jan 2013
Understanding cell organisation to tackle cancer
24 Dec 2012
Evolution: It’s all in how you splice it
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 22 Dec 2012
Trypanosomal protein Cathepsin B structure analysis among top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2012
21 Dec 2012
Protein creates paths for growing nerve cells
20 Dec 2012
'DNA sensor' sounds the alarm when viruses invade
By By Eliot Barford | 20 Dec 2012
New technology may enable earlier cancer diagnosis
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 19 Dec 2012
Tissue engineering: growing new organs, and more
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 18 Dec 2012
What we eat affects our genes
15 Dec 2012
X-ray laser helps fight sleeping sickness
15 Dec 2012
Experiment reveals ulcer bug's weak point
14 Dec 2012
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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