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Saturday, April 11, 2026
TopicCRISPR technology

Topic: CRISPR technology

Scientists who won the Nobel for CRISPR gene editing just lost a patent war — again

A US patent board last week backed the Broad Institute’s claim to CRISPR use in human and animal cells, not the Nobel winners who developed the gene-editing tool.

5 most exciting tech innovations of 2025—CRISPR 3, fusion reactions, brain-computer link

Across sectors, tech majors worldwide blurred the line between experimental and practical, pushing the world into a new phase of innovation.

First ‘dire wolf’ in over 10,000 years. It isn’t an exact copy but a stand-in

US-based biotech firm Colossal Laboratories announced Tuesday that it has 'brought back' the extinct dire wolf species using genetic engineering, 13,000 years after it disappeared.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.