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This article is based on “Mapping life” which was published in The Indian Express on 10/02/2020. It talks about the significance,...
10 Feb 2020 Biotechnology
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5th Edition of Global Drosophila Conference at Pune
Why in News The fifth edition of the Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC5) commenced at Pune on January 6 for a period of five...
06 Jan 2020 Biotechnology
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Society of Biotechnology of India
Why in News Recently, the Society of Biotechnology of India (SBPI) was launched by former biotechnologists and technocrats of the Union Department...
21 Dec 2019 Biotechnology
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This article is based on “India needs a policy on synthetic biology” which was published in The Hindu Business Line on 17/12/2019. It...
17 Dec 2019 Biotechnology
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Why in News? Recently, the scope for violations of privacy in the proposed DNA data bank was discussed by a parliamentary panel on the contentious...
01 Nov 2019 Biotechnology
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Why in News? Recently, the Prime Minister launched the National Animal Disease Control Programme, to control and eradicate the Foot & Mouth...
30 Sep 2019 Biotechnology
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30 Sep 2019 Biotechnology
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This article is based on “Different peas in different pods” which appeared in The Hindu on 26/09/2019. It talks about challenges...
26 Sep 2019 Biotechnology
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Genetically modified Aedes aegypti
Recently, genes from genetically-modified Aedes aegypti mosquito were found to have been transferred to naturally-occurring Aedes aegypti mosquito...
19 Sep 2019 Biotechnology
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Hydrogels with Tunable Bactericidal Activities
Recently, researchers at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata has fabricated Hydrogels which can be tuned with...
09 Sep 2019 Biotechnology
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The scientists have found the oldest parasite DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) in the Coprolite of a prehistoric Puma in Argentina. Coprolites are...
29 Aug 2019 Biotechnology
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Growing Human Organs in Animals
Scientists in Japan have received the permission of the government to try growing human organs in animals. The research led by Hiromitsu Nakauchi,...
02 Aug 2019 Biotechnology
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Producing New Antibiotics Through Robotics
Researchers have produced a new class of antibiotics, known as class II Polyketides, by using robotics to engineer Escherichia coli (E. coli), a...
22 Jul 2019 Biotechnology
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A human atlas initiative named Manav has been launched by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Persistent Systems, a biotechnology...
06 Jul 2019 Biotechnology
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Scientists from the University of Kerala have decoded the genetic make-up of Arogyapacha (Trichopus zeylanicus), a highly potent medicinal plant...
24 Jun 2019 Biotechnology
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Unapproved Sowing of Genetically Modified Crops
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has sought a detailed report on the sowing of unapproved Genetically Modified (GM)...
14 Jun 2019 Biotechnology
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The scientists have recently discovered a technique using “jumping genes” for genetic editing. It could offer a seamless, safer...
14 Jun 2019 Biotechnology
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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its partners, the Philippines Rice Research Institute and the Bangladesh Rice Research...
23 May 2019 Biotechnology
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Researchers at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Britain reported that they had rewritten the DNA of the bacteria...
17 May 2019 Biotechnology
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Recently, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) launched ‘MANAV: Human Atlas Initiative’, a project for mapping every tissue of the human...
13 May 2019 Biotechnology