Policies & Regulations
•  Singapore Education Emphasizes Life Sciences
•  India¡¯s Agriculture Ministry May Soon be Corporatized
•  Export Focus in Chinese Agriculture
•  China Cuts Price Support for Grains
•  No Financial Aid for Philippine Sugar Industry
•  Australia Approves Cystic Fibrosis Drug
•  Malaysia Approves Drug Treatment for Diabetes
•  China Reforms Medical System
•  Japan S&T Agency Drafts Bill to Penalize Human Cloning

Major Event
•  International Guidelines for Biotech-Derived Foods to be Set Up

Feature
•  BMEC Spearheads Biotech in Taiwan

Research News
•  Yeast Helps Disease Research
•  Tissue Engineering: Hope for Organ Making
•  Animal Organs for Humans a Reality?
•  Contraceptive Carrots Key to Controlling Possum Population
•  Australia Develops Biodegradable Packaging
•  More Rice, Less Heat

Alternative Medicine
•  Is Traditional Chinese Medicine Threatening Nature?
•  Chinese Medicine Helps Curb Drug Addiction

Company News
•  French and Singapore Pharmas in Tussle Over HIV Test Kit
•  Singapore Firm to Provide Electronic Logistics Services
•  Kopran Turns to Biotechnology
•  Singapore Food Company Joins Forces with Food Science Australia
•  BASF to Invest 700 Million Euros in Plant Biotech
•  Health Wedsite Company Release Shares

General Information & Statistics
•  Indian Exporters Buying Soyameal from Overseas
•  US$150 Million Vaccine Donation for World¡¯s Poorest Children
•  Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Conference Held in Australia
•  Thai Agriculture Ministry Asked to Stop GMO Research
•  Artificial Insemination Families Face Dilemma

Announcement
•  Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology

Patents
•  Recent Patents on Tissue Engineering Filed on Japan

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