Policies & Regulations
•  Tariff Reductions to Exclude Thai Farm Products
•  China Imposes Annual Fishing Ban

Major Event
•  Less Insecticide, but More Cotton

Research News
•  Can the Giant Panda Species be Saved from Extinction?
•  Scientists Find Role of MCP-1 and IL-8 in Artherosclerosis Development
•  Egyptian Researchers Discover Super-Pesticide
•  Indian Scientists Develop Method to Enchance Silk Quality
•  New Technology Developed to Boost Speciality Mushroom Market
•  A Breakthrough against Meningitis
•  China Finds New Tool to Fight Polystyrene Pollution
•  The Birth of the First Human Clones

Alternative Medicine
•  Artificial Culture of Cordyceps sinensis
•  TCM to be Protected by Legislation in Canada
•  The Shanghai University of TCM

Company News
•  Japan Tobacco and Zeneca Agrochemicals to Collaborate in Rice Biotechnology
•  Dr. Reddy¡¯s Lab Sets New Trend in Indian Pharmaceutical Sector
•  Glaxo Wellcome Collaborates with Australian Research Centers to Uncover Genetic Basis of Diseases
•  Nippon Boehringer Brought Up to Par with Subsidiaries in Europe and the US
•  ForBio to Patent Commercially Important Tree Genes

General Information & Statistics
•  The Changing Face of China¡¯s Food Industry
•  More Japanese Scientists Setting Up Small Ventures
•  Thai Exporters Work toward Countering Misinformation and Guaranteeing Food Product Quality

Outstanding Scientist
•  Professor Chien Ho

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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