Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Biotechnology
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Dying very young
High mortality rate of cloned animals and unsuccessful attempts to clone monkeys worry researchers
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Radiation blues
Genetically modified plants can reveal radiation levels
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Future science
Biological issues took precedence over all others at the recently held science congress in Chennai
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Sound and fury
Monsanto talks too much. Misinformed activists rush in to burn fields in protest against the company. And India s government authorities, sitting in smug silence, do little to clear the confusion. The science of biotechnology gets a bad name
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Spare parts
Scientists produce human tissues from human embryos and fetuses
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Patent laws challenged
EUROPE's biotechnology patent laws are to be challenged by the Netherlands in the European Court. The case will restart a longstanding debate over the legitimacy of patenting biotech inventions
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FARMERS CONCERN
An alliance between the Bangladesh's Grameen Bank and US-based Monsanto company, a biotechnology corporation, is a cause of concern for farmers- Under the deal, the farmers will be offered small
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The roachmobile
Researchers are teaching insects how to drive. This can lead to a wheelchair that can be controlled by twitching a muscle or two
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Paint it safe
Researchers at Japan's Marine Biotechnology Institute at Shimizy City are currently conducting sea trials of a new nontoxic paint that prevents fouling of ships' hulls by mussels and barnacles. Made
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Blueprint of life
WITH the 21st century being projected as the biotech century, proponents and opponents have often been engaged in a war of words on various issues