scorecardresearch
Sunday, September 21, 2025
TopicDNA

Topic: DNA

Pioneer sees gene-editing therapy in your local clinic in five to 10 years

Concerns remain about the safety of disrupting or repairing defective genes, but experts say they are not a 'show-stopper'

It took $2 billion & 16 years to make, but this DNA therapy is a game-changer

It temporarily blocks the messages carried by defective genes that cause a deadly disease, and opens the door for more therapies.

How to grow crops on Mars if we were to live on it

Synthetic biology can be a more rational alternative to grow crops on Red Planet.

DNA tests destroy samples, say experts as row erupts over Kathua rape victim’s missing hair

Forensic experts say DNA test is a process where a biological sample can be fully or partially destroyed.

How gene-editing cures may become a bio-weapon nightmare

Biotechnologies like Crispr have the possibilities of dangerous applications which might turn our biological machinery against us. 

After Aadhaar, a new bill aims for greatness but may leave your personal info unsecured

The DNA regulation bill will allow law enforcement agencies to collect DNA samples to create “DNA profiles” and “special databanks”.

A new blood test can help catch 8 different cancers early

CancerSEEK can indicate the presence of ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreatic, oesophageal, bowel, lung or breast cancers.

Last Laughs — The Best Indian Cartoons (6 May – 12 May)

The best Indian cartoons of the week, chosen by senior editors of ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media and are credited appropriately. Cartoons that feature in Straight Lines are not ranked and are listed by the day on which they were originally published.

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.