Contents
BioBoard
Australia
• Politicians Chastise Australia's Science Institute
• GE Healthcare and WA Government Collaborate on Cell-based Imaging Equipment
• The Goal of Imugene's H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Vaccine
China
• East China University Sparks Debate on Education Funding
• 3D Map of SARS virus Drawn
• Researchers Comment that Global Loss of Biodiversity is Harming Ocean Bounty
• China Insists that there are No Variant Bird Flu Strain
• Gene involved in Eye Lens Development
• Cancer-causing Dye Found in Duck Eggs in China
Hong Kong
• Scientists in Hong Kong Found Clues to Pandemic Bird Flu
• Hong Kong Bird Flu Expert Picked to Head WHO
India
• Ranbaxy Signs Licensing Agreement with Swiss Company Debiopharm
• Indian Biotechnology Park
Japan
• Japan's New Premier Chases Innovation
• Japan Reforms Screening to Speed up Drug Approval
New Zealand
• New Zealand Invests in Neurology Project
South Korea
• South Korea Gives Funding Boost to Stem-Cell Research
• South Korea to Inject $253 million into Biotech
• Scientists Discover Stem Cells Might Help to Treat Mental Illness
Singapore
• Renowned French Cancer Development Biologist Moves to Singapore's Biopolis
• Singapore Plans to Build Bigger Heart Center to Handle Spiraling Patient Numbers
• New Centre for Biomedical Ethics at NUS
Taiwan
• Taiwan's CDC Places Order for H5N1 Vaccine
• Tenders sought for Pingtung Agricultural Biotech Park Housing
Special Feature
• Biostatistics : Why Biotechnologists Should Care about Biostatistics
Industry Watch
• Australian Listed biotech firms to Benefit from New Alliance
• CyGenics Signs Collaboration Agreement with the Blood Centre of Zhejiang Province
• Shanghai Genomics
• CMIC and Accium Collaborate to Provide Exploratory-IND and Low-Radiation PK/ADME Service
• Stelic Discovers New Treatment Method for Acute Liver Failure
• Japan Bioventures Today -- Regimmue Corporation
• Inventory Response by Baxter on its Preliminary Findings for Bird Flu Vaccine
• Davos Life Science Opens World's Largest R&D Centre on Tocotrienols in Singapore
• Invitrogen Opens First of its Kind Supply Centre in Singapore
Agriculture
• Progress of Crop Functional Genomics Program in Korea
Research & Findings
• S*Bio Develops Singapore's First Clinical Anti-Cancer Drug Candidate under
• Scientists make Diagnoses Easier Through New Molecular Probe
• Nobel Prize Winner Hopes China to Contribute More to Biotech
• India Fears Faulty HIV Test Kits Spread Disease
• Injectable Hyaluronic Acid-Tyramine Hydrogels Formed by Enzyme for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
General News
• Biopolis Phase II Opens with Strong Interest from Research Institutions and Biomedical Companies
• A*STAR And UK Medical Research Council Partnership Opens Up New Research Opportunities For A*STAR Scholars
People Profile
• Professor Roger D. Kornberg - 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Conference Calendar
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