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(Apr 11, 2012) Scientists report on the development of a hybridizing magnetic relaxation nanosensor (hMRS) technology that they claim can rapidly detect the presence of otherwise hard-to-diagnose intracellular pathogens in minimally processed clinical samples such as peripheral blood and tissue.

Field trials are now being done in England for a genetically modified (GM) wheat that scares away aphids and attracts a deadly predator to ...

India is the second largest producer of wheat in the world at an estimated record harvest of more than 87 million tons in 2010-2011 and a record production of ...

Losses due to Ug99, a devastating fungal disease that affects wheat in many parts of the world including developing countries Bangladesh and Kenya can now be controlled using ...

Scientists have developed a gene therapy strategy that could feasibly treat both β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease. The technology is based on delivery of a lentiviral vector carrying both the human β-globin gene and ...

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) holds an Annual Meeting of its global information network – the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology and the Biotechnology Information Centers (BIC).

ISNA reported that Kimia Kashani M.Sc. of plant biotechnology and breeding from University of Tarbiat Modares under supervision of cooperation of Dr. Mokhtar Jalali studied aberrant organogenesis in potato and the possibility of human pro-insulin gene transfer.

(Thursday, March 01, 2012) ISLAMABAD: Despite late start, the country has achieved a substantial economic gain through biotechnology application (cotton).

The farming community last week urged the government to approve the genetically modified corn, which is being planted successfully across the globe, for commercial plantation in Pakistan.

A 94-fold increase from 1.7 million hectares in 1996 to 160 million hectares in 2011 makes biotech crops the fatest adopted crop technology in recent history. A record 16.7 million farmers planted biotech crops, over 90% of whom were from developing countries.