UNITED STATES
             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                          FORM 8-K
                       CURRENT REPORT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                         ACT OF 1934

              Date of Report: November 24, 2009
              (Date of earliest event reported)

                 IGENE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
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     (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

     Maryland             000-15888           52-1230461
 _________________    ________________   ___________________

  (State or Other     (Commission File      (IRS Employer
   Jurisdiction            Number)       Identification No.)
 of Incorporation)


     9110 Red Branch Road                  21045
     Columbia, Maryland
    _____________________             _______________
    (Address of principal                (Zip code)
    executive of offices)


                        (410) 997-2599
                ______________________________
                (Registrant's telephone number
                     including area code)


                             n/a
                ______________________________
                    (Former Name or former
                address, if changed since last
                           report)


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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
          Change in Fiscal Year.


     On   November   24,  2009,  the  directors   of   IGENE
Biotechnology, Inc. (the "Company") unanimously resolved  to
delete  Section 11 of Article 1 of the Bylaws of the Company
and replace it with:  "Informal Action by Stockholders.  Any
action  required or permitted to be taken at any meeting  of
stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent  in
writing  setting forth such action is signed by the  holders
of the requisite number of shares as provided herein and who
are  entitled to vote thereon and such consent is filed with
the records of stockholders' meetings."

                          SIGNATURE

     Pursuant   to   the   requirements  of  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934, the registrant has duly caused this
report  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.

                             IGENE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.

December 1, 2009        By:  /S/ STEPHEN F. HIU
                             _______________________________
                                 STEPHEN F. HIU
                                 President