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Orchids : The Defined Beauty of Nature on Earth
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Shruti agrawal
Theophrastus, the father of botany (370 -285 BC) named 'ORCHIDS' on the basis of the resemblance of paired underground tubers to masculine anatomy (the testes). They shows fascination for their beautiful flowers. They represent to the family Orchidaceae, the most highly evolved family among monocotyledons with 600 to 800 genera and 25,000-35,000 species in the world. They are peculiar and are highly valued in the international market.
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Hazards of Biotechnology (Disadvantages and negative effects of Biotech)
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Shalini Balan
As every coin has two sides. Biotech with its promising future also has many negative effects. Biotechnology has seemed to have improved the conditions of living, yet with all its promises it has its wide disadvantages too.
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BT Cotton and BT Brinjal - Controversies and IPR Issues
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Sonali Bhawsar
Controversies regarding BT crops indicate that issues are more concerned to nutrition, yield and public policy rather than beneficial effects of GM crops. Focus should be on reports that have indicated yield increases, pest resistance; economical saving followed by reduced pesticide use and in turn the gift of clean and healthy environment.
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Gene Therapy - Issues and Ethical Aspects
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Pournami Gouthaman
The technology that make it possible for modifying genetic material and the possibility of introduction of these modified DNA into cells of patients using vectors led to the notion of gene therapy, that helps to correct the action of a defective gene. However, the methods involved and clinical trials raise many questions related to ethical issues that demands a detailed discussion with the public.
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Becoming Post-Human : Genetic engineering
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Shikha Sharma
Genetic engineering (GE) on germinal tissues is the ability to change one's genes in a way that his/her offspring will be affected. This can be done in the early stages of development with current knowledge. Fortunately, attitudes are changing and recently the first genetically-engineered babies were born, though the technique used involved changing a small amount of mitochondrial DNA.
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Bioethics: Ethical Issues of Biotechnology
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Amna Adnan
What is Bioethics? Biotechnology is a very vast field and its techniques are used in various other fields like Agriculture, Medicine and Molecular Biology, it also has some ethical issues.
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Issues Related to Attachment-dependent Animal Cell Culture
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Nidhi Uppangala
Animal cell culture can be done by two methods, namely attachment-dependant animal cell culture and suspension animal cell culture. Both the ways has got some issues. But current article talks about the issues related to the attachment-dependent animal cell culture method.
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Issues Related to Suspension Animal Cell Culture
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Nidhi Uppangala
Animal cell culture is a technique used to culture animal cells outside the tissue or organ from which they are extracted. Animal cell are cultured mainly by two methods, such as suspension culture and anchorage dependant culture. But both type of culture method have got some issues. This article talks about the issues related to suspension culture method.
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Pollution: An Environmental Issue
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Amna Adnan
Pollution is the major environmental issue which causes various diseases making the environment polluted by contaminants, radiation and chemicals.
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Bioethics of Human Genetics
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Muniba Safdar
Research in the field of human genetics is very thorny but could be very informative and used to predict, change or select the useful trait.
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Potential Risks of Agriculture Biotechnology
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Nidhi Uppangala
Biotechnology used in agriculture to improve crop yield, nutrient value, to produce pesticide resistant plant, drought resistant plants. By doing these entire thing the crop loss due to pests or by drought condition are reduced. But agriculture biotechnology has got some of the potential risks on human health, environment.
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Effects of Genetic Pollution in Plants and Animals
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Amna Adnan
What is Genetic pollution? By definition it is the flow of genes from genetically modified organisms to the non-genetically modified organisms. Due to this reason, the population of animals or plants may undergo certain genetic changes in them or they might completely extinct.
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Gene Doping - Techniques, Effects and Ethics
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Nidhi Uppangala
Gene Doping can be defines as the non therapeutic use of gene, genetic elements or artificially changing gene expression to enhance athletic performance. Gene or DNA used to increase the muscle strength and capacity of athletes is known as gene doping.
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Issues in Biotechnology
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bluemoon silverstars
If biotechnology is beneficial for humans, it has some issues also. Genetically modified crops and food are considered to fulfill the needs of people. but some people consider them harmful for environment, human health and food safety.
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