Category: Biology

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

Indian scientists develop novel gene therapy treatment for haemophilia

Preventing malaria using genetically modified parasites

A technique called electrophoresis allows scientists to analyse the molecules of life – DNA and proteins – by separating them by their electrical charge.

An international collaboration by a team called eDyNAmiCled has discovered how ecDNA contributes to the progression of cancer and drug resistance.

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) introduces the ‘One Day One Genome’ initiative

Sir Frederick Banting’s birth anniversary (November 14) is observed as World Diabetes Day to honor the discovery of insulin.