Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Laboratories using new tissue engineering technology might be able to produce meat that is healthier for consumers and cut down on pollution produced by factory farming, researchers said. While NASA engineers have grown fish tissue in lab dishes, no one has seriously proposed a way to grow meat on commercial …
Gastronomists revel in its pungent taste while most people are repelled by its odour, but no one perhaps can remain indifferent to garlic. Besides indulging the taste buds, the white cloves have been recommended as a cure for various ailments from common cold to cancer. A flavouring agent known for …
Meat and milk from cloned farm animals is about to be declared safe for human consumption by the US Food and Drug Administration, one of the world's most powerful regulatory bodies. A favourable risk assessment from the FDA is expected to start the commercial exploitation of cloning to improve livestock …
When the human genome was sequenced two years ago, researchers held the blueprint of a human being in their hands - a nonsensical string of three billion DNA letters. But the project's promise of curing disease and explaining the workings of the human body would depend in part on a …
Scientists said that they had developed from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory, early forms of cells that go on to form human sperm and eggs. The achievement, to be announced at a meeting of fertility experts, could pave the way for new treatments for infertile couples and therapeutic cloning …
American scientists looked on in envy this month when Korean researchers announced a breakthrough in embryonic stem cell research. The news fanned fears that the US is losing ground in the field, and heightened the sense of urgency in Congress to pass legislation to ease federal restrictions on stem cell …
President George W. Bush seems determined to thwart any loosening of the restrictions he has imposed on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research, despite rising sentiment in Congress and the United States at large for greater federal support of this fast-emerging field. His actions are based on strong religious …
With the U.S. House of Representatives increasingly likely to pass a bill this week that would expand the use of embryonic stem cells, President George W. Bush may soon confront one of the thorniest issues of his second term : whether to veto a bill supported by influential members of …
South Korean scientists who cloned the first human embryo to use for research said they have used the same technology to create batches of embryonic stem cells from nine patients. Their study fulfils one of the basic promises of using cloning technology in stem cell research that a piece of …
Setting up a showdown with the Republican-controlled Congress over the thorny issue of embryonic stem cell research, President Bush vowed to veto a measure, now pending in the House, that would expand federal financing for the studies - an extremely rare personal threat from a president who has never exercised …
James Watson, the biologist who won a Nobel Prize for unravelling the secrets of DNA with Francis Crick in 1953, has launched a scathing attack on Britain for its "piss poor" approach to stem cell research. The scientist described Britain as a "bit player" in the field and said the …
A report that South Korean scientists have used cloning technology to create embryonic stem cells from living human patients gave impetus to both sides in the debate on stem cell research. Rival bills in both the US House of Representatives and Senate would either ban the research outright, or encourage …
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to scale up the production of adult stem cells, which many consider a viable alternative to embryonic stem cells. Stem cells have attracted attention because of their ability to adapt their function, allowing them to replace lost or damaged …
It's a male. But what is it? A zonkey? A deebra? That's the debate in Bardados since a zebra gave birth to a foal sired by a donkey. Alex was born April 21, a milk-chocolate brown creature with the black stripes of a zebra on his ears and legs. His …
Creating so-called "designer babies" to help parents treat sick children is lawful and should not be banned, Britain's highest court ruled, rejecting an appeal against an earlier ruling. The country's five Law Lords unanimously backed a 2003 ruling that gave the green light to parents who want to extract genetic …
A new set of guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research issued by the National Academies of Sciences would permit the creation of human-animal hybrids, but would not allow them to breed. The guidelines permit the introduction of human embryonic stem cells into nonhuman mammals, "under circumstances where no other …
