A moratorium 'for now' on Bt brinjal is a healthy breathing space. It could still turn toxic if any one technology is pushed at the cost of a multi-dimensional approach to securing our food future, says Rajni Bakshi.
The trial began at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle as the first participant received the investigational vaccine.
Companies are offering services in drug discovery and validation based on pathway analysis (that is, analysis of how toxic or radioactive substances reach humans), genomics (study of gene sequences in living organisms), proteomics (large-scale study of proteins) and translational research (clinical investigation with human patients or volunteers).
Applications are invited for PG Diploma Course in Stem Cell Technology & Tissue Engineering (Full Time.
Low rain coupled with the fact that maize prices in the open market have surged from around Rs 15-16 a kg to almost Rs 25 this year have forced farmers to turn to this crop.
The Clinical Research sector is emerging as an attractive option for science graduates, doctors, management/ IT professionals, alike.
The government is considering a proposal to extend the benefit of tax pass-through to domestic venture capital funds on investments across all sectors in the coming Budget.
Scientists at India's National Dairy Reserach Institute on Thursday said they have cloned the world's first buffalo calf using a technique superior to the one used in cloning 'Dolly'--the sheep.
Ch Charan Singh University, Meerut announces its entrance test for its 5-year integrated programmes for 2008.
University of Madras offers many programmes from the Department of Zoology. "How to Apply" details found inside.
Najeeb, 27, a student of School of Biotechnology and a native of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, went missing on October 15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with the members of ABVP.
The Vellore Institute of Technology invites applications for admission to its BTech programmes.
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) opens admissions to its PhD programme.
Assam Agricultural University invites applications for admissions into the Degree Programmes of the University for the session 2008-2009.
This new institute, which will be modeled after the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, will include faculty from multiple disciplines and professions and offer degrees through multidisciplinary programs.
Bangalore's information and biotechnology majors have again trained their guns at the government over the closure of the existing HAL airport.
Nanotechnology has remarkable applications in a variety of spheres, including agriculture, animal husbandry and natural resources management.
Biocon has managed to heal the wound fast. India's largest biotechnology company, which straddles high-end drug research to generics, bet the wrong way on how the rupee will move against the dollar and paid a big price last year.
Nanotechnology can bring down farm production costs through precise and more efficient use of inputs.
Wockhardt, the Mumbai-based leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that is struggling to repay its nearly Rs 900-crore
Data on clinical trials of genetically-modified brinjal have been made public by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee of the environment ministry.
Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, Kochi, invites applications for M Tech in Nanomedical Sciences.
Ambani is also the year's biggest gainer, adding USD 9.3 billion to his wealth amid the continuing success of his Reliance Jio broadband telco service.
Everyday job cuts, a slump in university admissions and a dwindling demand for H1B visas might project a gloomy US scenario to an average student in India but there is light at the end of the tunnel for those who think ahead.
Houston-based biotech firm awaits FDA approvals on its new drug for lung cancer treatment.
"This is expected to be the busiest festive season for e-commerce companies as Indian consumers are likely to spend up to Rs 25,000 crore as against over Rs 20,000 crore spent in the festive season last year," Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat said.
The products, named as 'Erypro Safe' and 'Nufil Safe', have been launched in collaboration with California-based firm Safety Syringes, which makes syringes for vaccines and other medicines. While Erypro Safe is used in the treatment of chronic kidney disease, Nufil Safe is used for cancer treatment. With the new device, patients can be injected with the drug conveniently, without drawing the medicine into a syringe from a vial.
Most of the biotech companies are focusing on discovery-led innovation in biopharmaceuticals. The segment has been witnessing innovations in follow-on (new variants) biologics (commercial products derived from biotechnology) and vaccines with an emerging activity in discovery-led new drug development programmes.
"We will continue to hire people as our growing business demands manpower," CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw told reporters while announcing the company's half-yearly results.
Canadian biochemist Joseph H Hulse has thanked India for honouring him with the Padma Shri.
Although, global slowdown is the main reason behind the move, officials said the land, which was meant for the IT-BT Park, has now been allotted to other industries for expansion purposes leaving no place for the project.
Pathy defied a feudal family setup to become a professional woman. She became first woman president of the powerful Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) in 2004-05.
Efforts by Indian activists to challenge the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill, now pending in Parliament, may get a boost from a controversy that has broken out in the US
Mallya is the first Indian ever to become the owner of a Formula One Team. The Netherlands-based Mol Family and Mallya have formed a consortium that is now the joint owner of Force India Formula One, which is also India's first-ever Formula One Team and represents India's first, truly global sports foray.
The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras invites applications for its Ph D/ MS programmes.
The Icfai Institute of Science and Technology announces the admissions test for its BTech programme for 2008-12.
In their ground-breaking study, a team at Pennsylvania University made laboratory rodents HIV resistant by sabotaging a gene in blood cells that the deadly virus normally infects, the Nature Biotechnology journal reported.
Sources say Carnegie Mellon's president Jared L Cohon, who was in Bangalore recently, held discussions with senior state officials in this regard. The university is planning to establish a skeleton presence in Bangalore to study the market condition before starting a full-fledged campus here. They want to help the IT sector in the country secure quality manpower.
The decision was taken by an inter-ministerial Board of Approval.
Apart from giving that euphoric feeling, the invigorating properties of whisky will soon be used for running cars, and keeping school kids warm.
