Contents
BioBoard
Australia
• A Web-based Tool to Predict Bone Fracture Risk
• World's First Stem Cell Screening Facility to Target Brain Tumors
China
• Agro-Technology to Build Biodiesel Refinery
• TCM Development Strategy Established
• Folic Acid Prevents Stomach Cancer
• A Major Nanobiology Research Project is Initiated at CAS
• Scientists to Sequence Giant Panda Genome
• Biotech Company Announces World's First Genetically Modified Phytase Corn
• Smoking — A Major Risk Factor of Stroke in China
Hong Kong
• ASB Biodiesel to Build Hong Kong Plant
India
• CCRAS Identified 39 Formulations for Eight Specific Disease Conditions
• First Hi-tech TomoTherapy System Installed
• Government Research Labs Develop 28 New Drugs for Chronic Ailments
• BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring Cardiac Devices Launched in India
• Biotech Incubation Center to Become a Reality Soon
Japan
• Radiation Exposure in utero and in Young Children Increases Adult Cancer Risk
• Anchoring Protein Variant Associated with Increased Breast Cancer Risk
• Stem Cells Develop New Organs in Mice
New Zealand
• New Diabetes Treatment Now Available in New Zealand
• Trans-Tasman Scientists Study Livestock Methane
Philippines
• Philippines Bioethanol Capacity to Expand
Singapore
• Asia's First Research Center for Palliative Care Opens in Singapore
• Millipore Corporation (MIL) Announces New Facility in Singapore
• Patients Under Chronic Disease Management Program Show Better Disease Contro
• NTUC Childcare Issues Health Alert Following Hong Kong Flu Outbreak
Taiwan
• Gene Screening Used in IVF for Healthy Babies
• Researchers Tout Progress in Vaccine to Combat HIV
Taipei Program to Help Cardiac Arrest Victims
Special Feature
• More Crop per Drop
• Ray Wu, Pioneer of Rice Research: In Memoriam
• Interview with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) — Perspectives on Rice Research
Industry Watch
• Anadis Licenses Antibody Technologies from ImmuCell
• Abbott, Genentech and WEHI Collaborate to Discover New Anticancer Drugs
• Living Cell Technologies and Barbara Davis Center Collaborate on Diabetes Clinical Trial Program
• Avexa and Monogram Collaborate on HIV Drug
• ChemGenex Launches Multi-site Omacetaxine Clinical Trial in AML Patients
• Philips and Ascent Profit Deliver Digital Radiography Systems to China
• OSI Systems Opens New Manufacturing Facility in China
• MedPlus Launches Integrated Health Centers in India
• Ranbaxy to Introduce INERSAN Brand in India and Nepal
• Teleradiology Solutions Launches First Teleradiology Training Center in India
• StemCyte Announces Joint Venture with Apollo Hospitals and Cadila Pharmaceuticals
• Suven Life in Drug Research Deal with Eli Lilly
• Dr Reddy's Enters into Drug Discovery Collaboration with 7TM Pharma
• MorphoSys and Astellas to Develop Novel Antibody Therapies
• Morphotek Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement for Anticancer Antibody
• bioMérieux and Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation Enter into Long-term Strategic Partnership
• Kyowa Hakko and Amgen Enter into a Licensing Agreement for Anti-CCR4 Humanized Monoclonal Antibody
• Stem Cell Therapy to Merge with Histostem
• GlaxoSmithKline Opens New Research and Development Pilot Plant
• CytoGenix and Taiwan Cobia Inc to Develop DNA Vaccines for Fish Viruses
Product News
• Moleac Launches NeuroAid10™ in the United States
• Merck Serono Launches Cyanokit® in Japan
• Agilent Technologies Introduces the Next-Generation Whole-Genome Rice Microarray
Research and Findings
• Surprising Discovery on Biodiversity and Biogeography May Lead to Discovery of Viruses
• Scientists in Singapore Shed Light on the Molecular Alliance between Key Proteins that Play a Role in Sustaining the Embryonic Stem Cell State
• Infant Brain Injury can be Caused by Chikungunya Virus if Mother Acquires Infection Near Time of Delivery
Agriculture News
• Creation of Selectively Terminable Transgenic Rice
• Indonesia Develops a Biotech Drought-Tolerant Rice
General News
• ICRI Hosted International Conference on Trends in Clinical Research
Commentaries and Analysis
• Malaysia Streamlines Research Processes with National Medical Research Register
Advertorial
• INTERPHEX—ASIA 2008
Conference Calendar
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