circa 2010 a talking chimpanzee anchoring a discovery show human liver and kidneys for transplantation being sold through a departmental store medicines that cure cancer parkinsons and alzheimers available in shops an advance warning system for earthquakes lucknow neither part of a spielberg film nor snippets from a scifi tv series this could be absolute reality if scientists are to be believed soon human beings will be able to control their temper and perhaps live as long as they want earthquakes could be predicted and chimps would be able to talk as director of the centre for cellular and molecular biology ccmb hyderabad and doyen of biotechnology in india prof lalji singh says there are a lot of leads at the moment predictably most of them are in the field of biotechnology the fastest emerging discipline in science today advancement in genetherapy has reached a stage where soon the gene for speech and those extending the life expectancy of human beings would be identified says singh japanese scientists are in the process of sequencing the chimpanzees genome which will then be compared with the human genome so that the uncommon gene can be identified taking it further genetics research will be applied to information technology as well scientists are looking at computers based on the dna principal of data storage it will miniaturise computers and make them faster he explains medicine is another branch that holds a lot of promise in the near future besides graduating from being curative to predictive and preventive a lot of action will happen in terms of new therapies prof a m chakravarty of thedepartment of microbiology and immunology university of illinois sees great strides in organ harvesting the ability to isolate purified forms of human pluripotent stem cells has opened the possibilities of using such cells in tissue regeneration such as in parkinsons and alzheimers diseases it will also help in the development of potential human organs like liver kidneys etc for transplantation purposes he says as for india while most of the research being done in the country is need specific advancement in the fields of biotech physics spaceresearch etc are continuing dr manju sharma secretary of department of biotechnology explains a lot of thrust is being given on vaccination programmes and addressing the problems of malnutrition in the near future one can expect a dna vaccine for rabies an anthrax vaccine and epochmaking findings in the field of agrobiotech and if r a mashelkar director general of csir is to be believed then we can look forward to a lot more for example india could become the first country in the world to completely eradicate tb create a unique water network which connects all indian rivers invent an advanced warning system for earthquakes create a technology to harness the massive gas hydrates in the indian ocean which will take care of our energy needs for the next two centuries mashelkar had seen these dreams while delivering his presidential address at the