Apart from feeding maximum number of people globally and being the staple food for crores of Asians rice is all set to serve another remarkable purpose. A group of scientists have recently found rice to have HIV preventing properties. They have come up with a genetically modified (GMO) variant that will generate HIV-neutralising proteins according to a recent media report. It has been observed that three proteins present in rice seeds can neutralise HIV. Being the second largest producer of rice in the world India gets an upper hand as rice seeds can be applied as a topical cream to
