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BioBoard
Australia
• New Therapy could Restore Mobility in Stroke Victims
• Sugar as Bad as Fat
• Scientists Uncover Cancer-fighting "Death" Protein
• Shrinking Brain in Dementia Prompts Overeating
• New Monitoring System for Mosquito-Borne Disease
• Australian Researcher Finds Radical Technique to Save MAS Babies
• Austrian Scientists Discover Enzyme Function in Cancer
China
• Banned Chemical Found in China Cosmetics
• China PharmaHub Corp. Introduces A 'Magic Bullet' Liver Cancer Therapy
India
• India, South Africa to Team up on HIV Vaccine Research
Malaysia
• Malaysia to use Lab Mosquitoes to Fight Dengue
New Zealand
• Plant Derived Foods can Keep us Feeling Full
Singapore
• Singapore Hosts First "Decade of the Mind" Conference in Asia and Expands Efforts in Brain & Cognition Research
• Drugs May Replace Chemo in Leukemia Therapy
• Singapore Scientists First to Perform Genome-Wide study of Human Stem Cells
• Singapore Babies in Waste-disease Trial
• New Technology a Shot in the Arm for Biofuels
• S$3.7 Billion for Singapore Biomedical Sciences R&D
Taiwan
• Medical Tourism Booms in Taiwan
OTHER REGIONS
Europe
• Gene that Triggers Human Cancer Identified
• Painfully Potent Pepper
North America
• 2 Dads and No Mum make 10 Mice
Feature
• Neem: A Wonder Tree
• Bacteria Living on Arsenic Discovered
• Temsirolimus Approved in Singapore for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
• AttuneTM Acoustic Focusing Cytometer
• Securing Genetic Diversity of Rice in "Doomsday Vault"
• Leica Opens New Dimension in Spectral Imaging
Industry Watch
• Phylogica Commences Antimicrobial Peptide Discovery under Agreement with MedImmune
• Leadtec Systems Australia to Acquire Mimotopes
• Sirnaomics Seals Deal for Development of RNAi Therapeutics in China
• Simcere and Bristol-Myers Squibb Enter Innovative Partnership to Develop Early-Stage Oncology Compound
• Pfizer, Biocon in $350 Million Insulin Pact
• Bharat Biotech Announces Launch of "HNVACTM" India's First Cell-Culture H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine
• Cipla Launches the World’s First Generic Pirfenidone in India, Giving Hope to Sufferers of IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis)
• Eisai and FORMA Therapeutics Enter into Broad Drug Discovery Collaboration
• Philips and Atom Medical Corporation Announce Strategic Alliance to Provide a Complete Neonatal and Perinatal Offering
• CiRA and France-based Cellectis Enter Collaboration
• Immunovaccine Signs Research Agreement with OncoTherapy Science to Advance Potential Cancer Vaccine
• Glycos Biotechnologies Enters Definitive Agreement with Malaysian Bio-XCell
• Biocon Plans to Invest $161m in Malaysia to Set Up R&D Unit
Research and Findings
• A*STAR IME Heralds Personalized Therapy for Cancer Patients
• Singapore Scientist Leads Team to Discover Origin of Brain Immune Cells
People Watch
• New Honor for Eminent Cardiac Surgeon Cherian
• Austin Researcher a Dual Award Winner
• Medals Awarded to Top New Zealand Researchers
Conference Calendar
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