Genetically modified bacteria converts plant matter into fuel

Financial Express |
Scientists have genetically engineered microbes to successfully convert biomass into fuel directly, in a first step towards industrial production. A ...

Mixed reactions to India’s Bt brinjal pest attack story

Financial Express |
Some responses -- both from local and international levels -- have been received relating to a news item published in ...

India’s rice industry says GMO rice trials would damage export prospects

Sandip Das | Financial Express |
India's rice exporters have expressed concern over allowing large-scale field trials of the crop's genetically modified (GM) version, saying it ...

Bangladesh: Use biotech to boost productivity

Financial Express |
Gone are the days of conventional practices of cultivation reliant mostly on traditional knowledge handed down from generations. In Bangladesh, ...

In first, Indian stem cells sent abroad to treat London patient

Ananya Banerjee | Financial Express |
In the first case of its kind in the country, stem cells from a 50-year-old woman in Nagpur were donated ...