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Company News • Acrux in Licensing Agreement for Skin Permeation Platform Technology • Agenix to Begin Human Trials for Blood Clot Imaging Project • Cancer Vac Successful in Human Trials of Cancer Therapy • Terumo to Expand Production Scale in China • Ranbaxy in Licensing Agreement for Brain Drug • Wockhardt Plans to Expand into US, Europe • Zydus Vaccicare to Launch Four Vaccines • Tanabe Seiyaku to Develop Small Molecule LFA-1 Antagonists with Novartis • Neurogenetics Extends Agreement with Eisai • Insect Biotech • Boviquest Discovers Cow Milk Production Gene • MerLion Pharma Secures US$13.5 Million in Funds • CordLife Launches Business Partnership Program • Lytone Announces New Uric Acid Control Product
Rules & Regulations • Call for Herbal Medicines to List Potential Adverse Reactions • Korea Bans Human Cloning
Research News • Australia Develops World-first Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis • New Dietary Fibers Have Additional Health Benefits • Wheat Developed Using New Biophysical Technique • Sino-US Joint Effort to Battle AIDS in China • China Reinforces Agri-biotech Research • China Succeeds in Cloning Cow from Frozen Stem Cells • Estrogen Link in Liver Damage in Women Drinkers • Japan to Develop Tear-free GM Onions • Korea's Answer to Viagra • GM Papaya to be Cultivated in SE Asia • New Blood Test Improves Diagnosis of Heart Failure • NZ to Join Bovine Genomic Sequencing Initiative • Cow Bones Successfully Grafted On Sheep • Singapore Introduces World-first Surgery to Treat Sleep Disorder
Alternative Medicine • Chinese Herb Effective in Controlling Liver Cancer • Chengdu to Hold Conference on TCM Modernization • Scientific Testing of Chinese Herbs for Cancer Care
General Information & Statistics • Major Health Research Institutes to Receive Funding • Record Number of Hepatitis C Infections in Australia • Needle Schemes Prevents HIV and HCV Infections • Sino-French Life Sciences Center Established • Ten Percent of HK Students Have High Mercury Exposure • India Emerges as Biotech R&D Hub • Adult Smoking Rate at All-time Low • Japan's Nobel Laureates Hope to Inspire Science Boom • NZ Lays out Biotechnology Strategy • IRRI Sets up Rice Knowledge Bank • Students to Learn Life Sciences through BioCamp • Singapore Sets Up Oncology Research Institute • Agrobiology Scientists Move into New Institution • Survey Shows Singapore Biomed Industry Highly Rated • Biological and Medical Engineering Conference in Singapore • Taiwan Shares Malaria Experience
Trends and Prospects • Experts Say Progress in Singapore's Biomedical Arena Tremendous • Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner to Make "Day-trip" in 2050
Patent News • Bharat Biotech Gets Global Patent for Infection Drug
Calendar of Events • A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific