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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Algae alleviates
South African townships that were earlier helpless in the face of pollution caused by human wastes, are now bucking up to the problem. Spirulina, offering a cheap algae based solution, has saved the day for them
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Patent paradox
Developing countries may get trapped by the brazen and unabashedly faulty bio patenting model that a US firm is flaunting
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The biochemistry of growing old
Research looks into the DNA factor acting as a stimulant for aging
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Cut the tape
BIOTECH firms'in the us are elated about a new government cliktat that would help them deal with the Food and Drug Administration's bureaucratic machinery faster than before. Once the
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Gay on genes
Researchers have finally brought the controversy around 'gay gene' theory to an end. A study conducted on gay siblings revealed the existence of genetic material on an X-chromosome segment which
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Gene foretells
A GENE test that predicts when one will die? This seemingly speculative theory bas now become a distinct reality, thanks to fresh research carried out at the Rockfeller University,
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Tracing truth
The Sherlock Holmeses of today have moved from the familiar confines of Baker Street to the esoteric climes of biological labs
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Frankestein ad 2000
"TERRAFORMING" is a verb coined roughly two decades ago by a hippiest club of Young American scientists, now braindead - let's call it Science Fiction for Optimists. Unless you know that a
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Family tree
DNA profiling has come as the end product of a long lineage of using science in the aid of crime detection
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Clues to the way we are
The past couple of decades has seen massive progress in the field of genetics and its role in individual differences and developments. Development and behavioural potential of individuals is