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India’s first gene-edited sheep developed by Kashmir university researchers. All you need to know

adminMay 28, 202506 mins

Researchers at a Kashmir-based Agricultural university have produced India’s first gene-edited sheep, marking a historic milestone in the field of animal biotechnology. The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) has called it a “ground-breaking scientific achievement”. Also Read | Drone startups looking beyond defence to serve agriculture, quick commerce The edited sheep contains…

Gene editing: Is humanity ready to rewrite the book of life?

adminMay 8, 202508 mins

Gene editing is like Prometheus handing humanity the genetic matchstick—except this time, instead of fire, we’re toying with the instruction manual of life. It all started innocently enough, back in the 1970s, when scientists like Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen created recombinant DNA, enabling direct gene manipulation across species barriers. The 1980s saw the first…

ICAR, Penn State team makes tool small enough to edit plant genomes

adminAugust 22, 2024012 mins

Flour, chocolate, cocoa powder, eggs, and butter are all the ingredients to make a sweet treat you crave. The only thing you need right now is a step-by-step recipe to help you turn the ingredients into a yummy brownie. Too big for its britches Nature also has the ingredients it needs to ‘make’ living organisms,…

New Zealand to loosen gene editing regulation, make commercialisation easier

adminAugust 14, 202403 mins

The New Zealand government said that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop and commercialise products using gene technologies. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The New Zealand government said on Tuesday that it would introduce new legislation to make it easier for companies and researchers to develop…