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Commentary • Commentary by Professor Leung Ping Chung
Scientific Developments • Genetic Code • Canadian Scientists • Singapore Press Release • Detection Kits • Artus Press Release • WHO Network • Collaborative Multi-Center Research Project • Availability and Use of Laboratory Testing • PCR Primers for SARS Developed by WHO Network • Operational Response to SARS • Global Meeting
Focusing on China • Understanding the Virus • Coping with the Situation • Addressing the Nation • President Hu Jintao Meets Up with Hong Kong Chief Executive • Call for Cross Straits Exchange on SARS • President Inspects Guangdong • Top Leaders' Supports for SARS Control • Health Officials in Beijing City Removed • Provincial Government's Action Against SARS • Government Measures • Beijing's Battle Against SARS • Foreigners in China • China's Role in Global Battle with SARS • Research Progress by Chinese Scientists on SARS • Case Update • World Health Organization (WHO) Recommendations
Situation Update • Country Report • Singapore • Hong Kong, China • China • Taiwan • Vietnam • WHO Report
Economic Impact • SARS Cuts GDP Forecast • Asia Avoided • Asian Airlines Speak Up Against "Arbitrary Measures" • Cruise Liners Stay Away Despite SARS Clearance
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Company News • Ambri SensiDxTMSystem Makes Significant Progress • Successful Marketing Assessments for Chemeq Drug • Proteome Systems and VRI BioMedical in Diagnostics Agreement • China Business • Ranbaxy's Generic Augmentin Breaks into US Market • Tatua in Deal with Australian Company • HortResearch in Tropical Fruit Project
Rules & Regulations • Approval of Powerful Antibiotic in Beef Stirs Controversy • rDNA Drugs Requires Phase III Trials • Panel Gives Hope to Sterile Couples • Korea's New Bioethics Bill to Restrict DNA Testing
Research News • Research to Test GM Mouse Herpes Virus • National Bio-Chip Research Center To be Constructed in Shanghai • Meditation and Vegetarian Diet Can Combat Parkinson's • Fujitsu Develops Contact-Free ID System • Families of AIDS Victims Suffer from Stress • Korea Develops World's Smallest Endoscope • Red Color in Leaves Has Health Benefits
Alternative Medicine • A Chinese Herbal Potion as SARS Antidote • Korean Company Develops Anti-Diabetes Drink
General Information & Statistics • New Biotech Center in Victoria University • Austrade Predicts a Biotech Export Future • Preliminary AIDS Monitoring System in China • India's Biotech VC Fund Fails to Materialize • Indian Company Profits from US-Iraq War • Sale of Products from Cloned Animals May be Allowed in Japan • Smallpox Jabs for Korean Health Workers • Plum Pox Tests are Negative • Sheep Breeding to Benefit from Gene Marker Program • Bristol-Myers Squibb to Establish Research Base in Singapore
Calendar of Events • A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific.