GEAC: The truth behind sheep death revealed
Published in The Hindu on June 26, 2008 The Supreme Court nominee to the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), Dr. P.M. Bhargava, has called the bluff of the committee. It…
Many skeletons tumble out of GEAC’s cupboard
Published in The Hindu on June 26, 2008 The open field trials for various genetically modified crops are being conducted without first undertaking all the tests during the confined field…
GM crops’ biosafety testing procedure questioned
Published in The Hindu on June 25, 2008 The way in which the Genetic Engineering and Approval Committee (GEAC) has gone about approving field trials of genetically modified crops, as…
Editorial: Proceed with caution
Published in The Hindu on June 20, 2008 Eight years after starting the programme of providing single-dose nevirapine to cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)…
Helping drug addicts kick the needle
Published in The Hindu on Jun2 19, 2008 Five years after starting the needle exchange programme for the injection drug users in Chennai, and after three years in Madurai, the…
Relooking at single-dose nevirapine strategy, to cut drug resistance
Published in The Hindu on June 5, 2008 Eight years after starting the programme of giving single-dose nevirapine to both mother and infant to cut the mother-to-child transmission (vertical transmission),…
Evaluating drug resistance in HIV positive people
Published in The Hindu on June 5, 2008 Four years after starting the antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme to treat people infected with HIV, efforts are underway to determine the extent…
Editorial: A welcome initiative
Published in The Hindu on May 31, 2008 At a time when India has become one of the most favoured countries for conducting human clinical trials and the number of…
