February 2010

Emerging trends in nanobiotechnology

Nanobiotechnology, an exciting interdisciplinary field of science, is making rapid progress in recent years with the development of new kinds of materials with all the desired physico-chemical properties needed for their successful application in various fields, in particular, medicine. Nanomaterials find applications in different thrust areas of medicine like therapeutics, diagnostics, surgical devices/implants, novel...

Author(s): K. Sobha, K. Surendranath, V. Meena, T. Keerthi Jwala, N. Swetha and K. S. M. Latha

February 2010

Biotechnology and food security in developing countries

Food security is a necessity for every individual, home, community and nation. In developing countries, food security could be substantially improved by increased investment and policy reforms. Biotechnology’s ability to eliminate malnutrition and hunger through production of crops resistant to pests and diseases, having longer shelf-lives, refined textures and flavours, higher yields per units of land and...

Author(s): Nyerhovwo J. Tonukari and Douglason G. Omotor