DNA barcoding is seen to be the ultimate authenticity test for medicinal plants or phytopharmaceuticals, said Dr U V Babu, head, R&D, The Himalaya Drug Company. It is the use of a short gene sequence ...

Reliable technique should improve clinical trials, nutrition studies and historical research DURHAM, N.C. – What people say they’ve eaten and what they’ve actually eaten are often two very different ...

Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Article reviewed by Ninning Liu, PhD from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Similar to retail stores that use standardized ...

GNC has agreed to start using DNA barcoding to confirm the authenticity of all plants used in its herbal supplements prior to processing. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had said in ...

Advances in sequencing technologies have accelerated the discovery of the genetic causation of diseases and new cell types. This revolution has also given rise to a new technique known as genetic ...