Tag: Plant
Nature inspired peptide has anti-tumor activity
The anti-tumor effects now discovered in certain lymphoid cancer cells add an important new facet to the spectrum of action of these unusual peptides
PBFIA partners with IFBA to boost the plant-based food sector
Both the organisations will jointly work to grow the plant-based foods and educate consumers about the nascent industry
Two-faced orchestrator: The gene that regulates positive & negative immune responses...
In a discovery important for agriculture and food safety, scientists report the genetic regulation of a model plant’s immune response
Indian Immunologicals donates oxygen generation plant to Telangana Institute of Medical...
The company had taken up this initiative as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and executed it through Sambhav Foundation, an initiative of LabourNet, a Bangalore based Social Enterprise
New study to help develop salt-tolerant plants
In the new study, a joint team of researchers have sequenced the genome and analyzed the salinity tolerance genes of Avicennia marina, an extremely salt-tolerant mangrove specie...........................
Plant protein innovator, Proeon raises Rs. 17.5 crore in seed round
The fresh funds will be used to accelerate growth, expand research and development capabilities and set up research lab in the Netherlands
Allow Bt Brinjal trials in India, Alliance for Agri Innovation urges...
As per Alliance for Agri Innovation (AAI), a special interest group of Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII), field trials are the only way to ensure safety of crops and blocking such these amounts to blocking national development..................
Researchers identify two new bio-agents for crop protection
Imphal-based Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) has discovered strains called Streptomyces vinaceus RCS260 and Kitasatospora aburavienis RCS252 when its researchers were investigating antimicrobial potential of actinomycetes isolated from rhizosphere soil..................
Sami Labs gets govt’s research funding to explore plant based drugs
Grant will help the research team at Sami Labs to test plant species and evaluate commercial viability in a sustainable manner.........
Eat right for your kidneys, exhorts FIAPO’s #DontGetMilked campaign
The campaign suggests that going off an animal-based diet and adopting a plant-based diet (Vegan diet) not only appears to prevent kidney function decline, it may also be used to treat kidney failure............