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Indian biotech scientists showcase recent successes
May 14th, 2003
A powerful anthrax vaccine without side effects. A 50-cent kit to diagnose. Rice grown in salt water. Genetically modified peanut leaves that protect cattle and sheep from plague. These are some of the recent biotech breakthroughs being showcased by Indian scientists, who say their efforts are focused on fighting infectious diseases, food shortages, terrorism, and dwindling natural resources. "There is some criticism that Indian scientists do not produce world-class research papers and that they do not take up frontier science. ... This is not true, at least in biosciences," Govindarajan Padmanabhan, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science,...
Source: Biotech Week (2003-05-14)
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