India's first gene-edited sheep recently turned a year old and researchers who developed it say it's doing well. Born on 16 December last year in Indian-administered Kashmir, the sheep has been named ...

Researchers at a Kashmir-based Agricultural university have produced India's first gene-edited sheep, marking a historic milestone in the field of animal biotechnology. The Sher-e-Kashmir University ...

The edited sheep contains no foreign DNA, distinguishing it from transgenic organisms and paving the way for regulatory approval under India's evolving biotech policy framework. Kindly note the image ...

SKUAST-Kashmir scientists developed India's first gene-edited sheep using CRISPR-Cas9, targeting the myostatin gene to boost muscle growth. Vice Chancellor Dr. Nazir Ahmad Ganai and the research team ...

India has a large sheep population, but much of the indigenous wool is wasted. Deccani sheep, once vital to Tamil Nadu's farming, are disappearing. A film highlights the decline of indigenous wool due ...

In the state of Maharashtra, ICARDA, the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), and AbacusBio are working together under the “Low-Methane Genetics Expansion to Small Ruminants in Africa and ...

IMAGE: The gene-edited sheep. Photographs: Umar Ganie for Rediff Researchers at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology have produced India's first gene-edited sheep, ...