Biotechnology
Blood Extracted By Mosquitoes Could Solve Crimes Up To Two Days Later
A new weapon in the fight against crime has been uncovered by a Japanese team of forensic scientists. Researchers have...
S. Africa Probes Pharmaceutical Giants Over Cancer Drug Pricing
South Africa's competition commission said Tuesday it had launched investigations into pharmaceutical giants Roche,...
‘Milestone’ In Quest To Make Blood Cells
Scientists on Wednesday unveiled two methods for coaxing stem cells into blood cells, a long-sought goal that could...
Safety Concerns For One In Three US Drugs
Almost one in three newly approved drugs in the United States turns out to have a safety issue after it is allowed on...
Weak Agro-Chemical Control Life-Threatening – CropLife
The absence of strong regulations on the importation and use of agro-chemicals poses a threat to human life and food...
Stop Throwing Dirt At GMOs – Former Deputy Agric Minister
A former Deputy Agriculture Minister is calling for an end to the bastardisation of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)...
Smartphone ‘orders’ Body To Treat Diabetes
Scientists have used a smartphone to control the activity of the living cells inside an animal. The fusion of biology...
US Scientists Track Fish Migration Using DNA In Water Samples
A simple analysis of fish DNA in water drawn from two New York rivers successfully tracked the presence or absence of...
Dr Addai-Mensah Appointed Director of Ghana Standards Authority
President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Addai-Mensah Otchere as the Director of the Ghana Standards...
China To Stage First NHL Preseason Games
The NHL will play its first-ever preseason games in China this autumn, its commissioner announced Thursday, as Beijing...
Unproven Stem Cell Therapy Causes Three Women To Go Blind
An unproven stem cell therapy that involves extracting a patient's fat tissue and injecting it into the eyes has caused...
GMO Cowpea Hits Local Market Next Year
Ongoing field tests on genetically modified cowpea (Bt cowpea) have produced successful results and will be ready for...
Gene Editing Mulled For Improving Livestock
Gene editing, which has raised ethical concerns due to its capacity to alter human DNA, is being considered in the...
Bill Gates Warns the World To Prep For Bio-Terrorism
Bill Gates says it’s time to redirect some of the money the world spends on weapons to prepare for a looming threat:...
Broad Institute Wins Gene-Editing Patent Case
What many have described as the biotechnology trial of the century came to a close Wednesday, with the Broad Institute...
Leading US Science Group Backs Genetically Modifying Human Embryos
An influential US science advisory committee this week said genetic modification of human embryos should be allowed in...
The Pearl On the Hill
Folklore has it that “Legon” means ‘hill’ in ‘Ga’, the language of the indigenes of the general Accra...
Ghanaian and Egyptian Pick $100,000 AU Prize For Scientific Excellence
Ghanaian Felix Dapare Dakora is a Plant and Soil Biotechnology Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology in...