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Scientists are turning plastic waste and corn stalks into edible cookies using genetically engineered yeast; the bizarre food experiment could tackle both pollution and food scarcityScientists at Southern Illinois University are developing experimental cookies made from plastic bottles and agricultural waste using genet...- After years of study, scientists recreated the chemistry of two deadly plants in the laboratory. The breakthrough produced a surprising pathway to new painkillers, malaria treatments, cancer drugs, and greener pest-control solutionsDeadly plants like wolfsbane and larkspur hold a powerful secret. Scientists have finally recreated their complex biosynthesis inside engin...
- Biotech startup StrainX Bioworks raises $13 million from Prime Venture, Leo Capital, othersStrainX Bioworks, a synthetic biology and precision fermentation startup, has raised $13 million to advance its biotechnology platform. The...
- India US Trade Deal: GM animal feed of US waiting at door since 2017A new US-India framework could finally open India's doors to Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles. This high-protein animal feed byproduc...
- Stock picks for next 5 years: Risk & patience are not antonyms.15 stocks where underlying business may see real change in coming yearsFor the second year in a row, the FM has acted like an entrepreneur who is willing to go the extra mile to change things in sectors which h...
- View: A safe sub-unit protein vaccine will further enhance booster protection against Covid variantsEven when Omicron variants like BF.7 are exhibiting increased capacity for evading immunity, antibody surge from boosters may prevent sever...
- Is fake meat healthy or good for environment? And what's actually in it?Many consumers believe these fake meats are better for their health, as well as better for the environment, but is that right?
- Why it's too soon to panic about COVID vaccines and the new variantThe worst-case scenario is the virus has mutated so much in the crucial parts of its genome that it can escape vaccines designed to protect...
- Anti-viral coating on face masks may kill coronavirus, UK study findsAccording to 'The Daily Telegraph', the invisible coating on facemasks attacks the virus by rapturing its outer layer, effectively eliminat...
- Sun Pharma partners ICGEB to develop safer, cheaper dengue vaccineThis is the Mumbai-based company’s second collaboration focussed on the mosquito-borne virus, the first being its pact to develop a botanic...
- Sun Pharma, ICGEB tie up to develop dengue vaccineSun Pharma will fund and support further development of the vaccine candidate and existing ICGEB knowhow and patents.
- The key to colonizing Mars could be tiny green microbesIn science fiction, we find humans harvesting fields of wheat under terraformed Martian skies and growing rows of potatoes inside climate-c...
- Scientists can now make THC, cannabidiols from YeastJust a month after announcing a method for hacking yeast to produce narcotics, researchers announced the creation of yeast that produces TH...
- Genetically-modified yeast yields powerful painkillersThe technique can be adapted to produce many cheap plant-derived compounds to fight cancers, infectious diseases and chronic conditions.
- In the future, spider silk may help grow your replacement heartNow, there's another reason to be excited about spider silk: doctors might one day use the stuff to grow you a new heart.
- Artificially-intelligent robot can boost search for new drugsRobot scientists can automatically develop and test hypotheses to explain observations, run experiments using laboratory robotics.
- Biological pathways: Designing genetic circuits from scratchLearning to control these pathways is not easy because they keep talking to each other, and there is no reliable way to find out whether on...
- Viruses turn out to be new apps of biologySynthetic biology uses synthesised DNA to create biological functions not found in nature.
- Budget 2011: Finance Bill 2011A BILL to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2011-2012. Be it enacted by Parliament in...
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