New technology to breed
Cobia in farms and ponds:
Ø Black
King fish- scavenging on the remnants of big predator-shark
Ø Central
institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture has achieved controlled breeding of
Cobia
Ø Cobia
breeding done in Vietnam in Cages in water- Calm sea,
Ø India
– not possible due to turbulent sea
Ø Fish
is also known as sea chicken
Central institute of
Brackish water Aquaculture:
Ø Established
by ICAR in 1987 to conduct research for development of techno-economic viable
and sustainable culture system for finfish and shellfish in Brackish Water, to
act as a repository of information of resources of brackish water, to undertake
transfer of technology to training education of extension program and to
provide consultancy services.
Clinical Trials:
Ø All
drugs- from innocuous cough to life threatening cancer are outcome of clinical
trial
Ø Drugs
go through various stages before tried on humans such as Animal
Trial>>> Govt. approval>>> then human trials
Needless controversy:
Ø Portraying
only negative side of the trials- by media, NGO, PIL
Ø Indian
society for clinical research- ISCR denying the fact.
Ø Without
clinical trials we would never be able to know that Herceptin is only useful
for tumous of HER2 type
Advantage for India:
Ø Drug
innovation based on cost and skills (Lack of credible regulations)
Ø Banning
will deny poor the cheaper and better drugs
Ø For
efficacy, drugs need to be tested on ethnic population for that India should
have its representation (genetic variation can result in difference in results)
i.e. Cancer drug- Iressa worked well on Japanese but not on Caucasians
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