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Genetically Engineered Tomato for Lowering Bad Cholesterol ? – Dr. Hemanta K. Sarkar

Ranchi, 18 Nov. 2012 :: The Aztecs called it “the plum thing with a navel” (“xitomatl”), the Germans called it “the apple of paradise”, the French called it “the apple of love” and the scientific name for this “fruit” is lycopersicon lycopersicum (meaning “wolf peach”). But we all know it as “Tomato”. Tomato, which is […]

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Launching of Sputnik 1 : Fifty Five Years :: Dr. Hemanta K. Sarkar

October 4, 2012 marks the fifty-five years of Sputnik 1’s successful launching into space. On that day in 1957 Russia launched Sputnik 1 into earth’s orbit and shocked the whole world. And thus began the space age.  Since then, several countries, including India, have successfully launched satellites and spacecrafts into space.  Because of high costs […]

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A Silver Bullet for Malaria?

A recent study published in the journal Science describes how various strains or combinations of strains of the mosquito-infecting fungus Metarhizium anisopliae can block the development of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum in mosquitoes. M. anisopliae is found throughout the world in soils, and is a disease causing fungus in insects. According to Dr. Raymond […]