Category: Biology

What is DNA fingerprinting? | The Hindu Explained

The CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) has created the world’s first genetically modified cotton resistant to pink bollworm.

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Studies suggest that epigenome editing offers a gentler approach to performing gene editing.

The cotton industry in Northern India is grappling with significant difficulties caused by whiteflies and pink bollworms.

Researchers have identified around 500 Ultra-conserved elements (UCEs) in the genomes of humans, rats, and mice that have remained unchanged for 80 million years since their last common ancestor.

A vaccine for lumpy skin disease, developed in collaboration between Bharat Biotech’s group firm and ICAR, has received a license from CDSCO.

As part of the Union Budget 2025-26, the Indian government has declared the creation of a second National Gene Bank, almost thirty years after the inauguration of the first one.

Why are antivenoms not easily accessible in India? | Article in The Hindu

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) and the Bose Institute, Kolkata have developed an advanced injectable hydrogel for localised cancer treatment.

Scientists from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, have recently shown that nanoplastics can promote horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of antibiotic resistance (AR) genes, particularly within the human gut microbiota.

Recently, some scientists have started on the road to creating ‘mirror microbes’, synthetic bacteria whose building blocks are mirror-images of their natural counterparts