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 …
An international research team is set to publish a detailed map on the internet of more than 20,000 human genes. it is being termed as a major breakthrough for medical science.
Yoda, a genetically modified dwarf mouse, has celebrated his fourth birthday, making him oldest of his kind, the University of Michigan Medical School says.
Craig Venter, the human genome wizard, has ambitious plans. During a study conducted along with researchers from his US-based Institute for Biological and Energy Alternatives, Venter has identified 1,800 new species of microbes, and over 1.2 million microbial genes. The microbes were filtered from the seawater of the Sargasso sea, …
Buckyballs, a spherical form of carbon discovered in 1985 and an important material in the new field of nanotechnology, can cause extensive brain damage in fish, according to research presented Sunday at a national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, California. Eva Oberdoerster, an environmental toxicologist at Southern …
A woman who wants to use her own frozen embryos went to the appeal court in London yesterday to try to stop their destruction. Natallie Evans, 32, from Wiltshire, has been battling in the courts since her former partner withdrew consent for the use of the embyros, grown during IVF …
A genetic study of Indian wolves challenges some traditional scientific beliefs: wolves evolved in India, not North America. And dogs, their close cousins, are migrants to the subcontinent.
US-based biotechnology major Human Genome Sciences Inc plans to set up the first protein manufacturing facility in India in collaboration with local players. Human Genome chairman and chief executive officer William A Haseltine, who was here to inaugurate Nicholas Piramal India Ltd's (NPIL) expanded clinical research facility, said: "We are …
Australian scientists have found a way to grow new body parts in animals, giving hope to creating arteries and ureters for treating human patients, Xinhua reports. Scientists at Monash University in Melbourne and the University of Queensland have found healthy cells grow around objects, including plastic tubes and small balls, …
The first-of-its kind international animal research centre in the country will come up on Hyderabad outskirts at an estimated cost of Rs 100 to rs 150 crore. 'The National Animal Resource facility' will be developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in partnership with the National Centre for …
pro-farmer groups have questioned the credibility of a study stating that the acreage under transgenic crops is increasing at a much faster rate in developing countries than the industrialised nations. As per the groups, the study drew such conclusions as it has been conducted by the us-based International Services for …
Controversial Canadian legislation designed to ban human cloning while permitting research on stem cells from embryos received final parliamentary approval. The legislation also bans payments to sperm and egg donors, part of an attempt to fill a legislative vacuum in several human reproduction practices. It will ban the creation of …
A study of the brains of primates ranging from tiny bush babies to humans and apes shows that size really may matter, researchers said. All primates have an unusually large frontal cortex, a part of the brain used by humans for higher thought and reasoning, they found. From lemurs to …
A Harvard scientist announced that he had created 17 healthy and scientifically useful lines of human embryonic stem cells and was prepared to give them free to hundreds of scientists. The new cells, described in a special report published online by the New England Journal of Medicine, more than double …
Genome experts who took on a patch of ocean for a mass gene-sequencing project said they had discovered at least 1,800 new species of microbes and changed some of their fundamental ideas about ocean biology. Genome pioneer Craig Venter and other scientists analyzed the tiny organisms in a sample of …
genetically modified (gm) insects are being developed at a fast pace for a variety of purposes, but the us government fails to develop a regulatory framework to review the safety of releasing the transgenic beings into the environment. This concern has been raised in a report of the Pew Initiative …
Scientists have successfully cloned a mouse using mature olfactory neurons as the genetic donor. The scientists credit the idea for the experiments to Woody Allen whose classic comedy "sleeper" depicted scientists who try to clone a dead dictator from his nose.
South Korean researchers have succeeded in cloning human embryos, gently removing the nucleus of eggs taken from women and transplanting genetic material extracted from mature cells into those eggs. The modified eggs were then coaxed to develop into tiny balls of cells from which stem cells could be extracted. (Editorial).
