Biotech applications need to be amply regulated

ASHOK B SHARMA
Posted: 2008-01-06 00:00:00+05:30 IST
Updated: Jan 08, 2008 at 2024 hrs IST

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organs from pig were most suitable bio-chemically, anatomically and physiologically. "But how far this would find social acceptance?" he quipped.

Bhargava said that if tissue culture in a cash crop like vanilla was allowed to take place indiscriminately, it would pose a problem to about 70,000 farmers in India who were cultivating this crop

He said that free and uncontrolled applications of some tools of biotechnology, may help terrorists to use it as a weapon of bio-terrorism. Regarding largescale plantation of bio-fuel crops, he said that issues of food security and environmental concerns need to be addressed. ...

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