TRIBALS and patent rights activists have something to cheer for. In the first instance of its kind, the Kani tribe dwelling in the Agastyar hills in southern Kerala, will get the rights over an

And now it is the turn for human cells to be patented on the sly by scientific vampires', as shows the bizarre case of a Hagahai tribal male

INDIA is arming itself take on the enemy in the 'gene war'. It will no longer be easy for foreign firms to steal centuries-old traditional Indian plant varieties. In a bid to check any attempt

The discovery of a generation old plant extract used by Onges in The Andarnans has patent hungry profiteers jostling their way down There The question is, whether the custodians of the secret stand to gain anything at all

The US applies pressure over new patents law on drugs in Brazil amidst stringent criticism