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UPSC Issue at a Glance | Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and India: 4 essential questions to understand the debate

July 13, 2025 12:25 pm

The Donald Trump administration is exerting pressure on India to open up its market to American soyabean and maize, which are both almost entirely GM produce. But what are GM crops? Here's what you must know about GM crops for your UPSC science syllabus. Don't miss out on the post-read questions in the end.

Can we build human DNA from scratch? UK scientists say they’ve started working on it

June 26, 2025 1:40 pm

The Synthetic Human Genome Project, officially launched in the UK, aims to construct human DNA from the ground up.

Big hope for cancer: How the Nobel-winning discovery of microRNA is changing the face of diagnosis and therapies

November 25, 2024 10:10 pm

Besides cancer, researchers across the country are working with microRNA to diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s and viral infections.

Scientists are engineering plants to produce ‘sex perfume’ to replace pesticides

April 27, 2023 1:52 pm

Researchers are engineering tobacco plants to produce moth pheromones that could potentially be used to create traps that can lure the insects as a replacement for harmful pesticides.

Scientists create mice with cells from 2 males for 1st time

March 18, 2023 10:37 am

But they raised several cautions. The most notable one? The technique is extremely inefficient. They said it's unclear why only a tiny fraction of the embryos placed into surrogate mice survived; the reasons could be technical or biological.

Explained: What is genome editing technology and how is it different from GM technology?

April 01, 2022 11:03 am

The Centre has paved the way for easy introduction of genome edited crops. What is genome editing and how is it different from genetically modified crops?

Crispr takes its first steps in editing genes to fight cancer

November 13, 2019 4:41 pm

The test, meant to assess only safety, was a step toward the ultimate goal of editing genes to help a patient’s own immune system attack cancer. The editing was done by the DNA-snipping tool Crispr.

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World's first genetically edited babies created in China

November 26, 2018 1:48 pm

A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.

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GM row again, with mustard topping

February 08, 2016 12:05 pm

On Friday, the country’s biotechnology regulator deferred a decision on allowing commercial cultivation of Mustard DMH-11, a transgenic crop developed by Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants at Delhi University.