Blind terror: 80 per cent of the world's sightless are in the developing world, and the number will double by the turn of the century. Carl Kupfer is the director of the National Eye Institute, Betheseda, USA. He tells the author that blindness is not onl
INDRA VASIL was one of the first scientists to successfully manipulate wheat plants using genetic engineering techniques. Before he came in, wheat was extremely difficult to manipulate. He and his colleagues introduced a gene into wheat that rendered the
Picture this: A doctor draws out cells from a foetus to diagnose if it will develop into a normal child. A simple and quick test of the sample indicates that the child could be struck with a debilitating disease for which there is no cure in its adu
Here's the changing face of multinational companies: Headquartered in Europe, R&D in the US, produced in Asia and marketed around the world. One huge glpbal institution powered by the latest communications technology.
