Understanding Gene Patenting

We are sure that all of you must have learned about the latest US Supreme Court decision in Association for Molecular Pathology V. Myriad Genetics on June 13, 2013, which has ended the long brawl of 5 years. Yes! the sole provider of BRCA1 and BRCA 2 tests, Myriad Genetics Inc., has lost the battle. […]

Food Market making Profit from Climatic Changes

Climatic changes being a source of making a profit for food crop manufacturers. Adverse changes in climate have triggered the ecosystems affecting crops, livestock, fisheries and forests, and the billions of people whose livelihoods depend on them. Extreme climate events (especially hotter, drier conditions in semi-arid regions) are likely to slash yields for maize, wheat, […]