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Australia
•  Aussie Meteorite Yields Anti-Epileptic Amino Acid
•  Novel Partnership Could Transform Breast Cancer Diagnosis
•  University of Sydney Academics Laud Sunbed Ban
•  Australian Universities Losing Appeal to Asians

India
•  New Nanobiotechnology Lab in Gurgaon
•  China, India, and Myanmar Collaborate to Develop Brahmaputra-Salween Ecosystem
•  Incredible India - Now Polio-Free
•  Increase Women's Participation in Science for Over-All Development of Nation

Japan
•  DNA Motor Now Can Navigate Networks
•  RIKEN's Diagnosis Technique Detects H1N1 at Record Speed
•  New Hotspot on Rice Chromosome Could Yield Improved Varieties

Other Regions
•  Delivering RNAi the Spongy Way

Eye on China
•  China Unveils World-Class Biotech Ambitions
•  Chinese Scientists Awarded Cancer Research Prize
•  BGI Researchers Uncover Extensive RNA Editing in Human Transcriptome
•  Johns Hopkins Commences New China STEM Program
•  Father of Hybrid Rice Conferred 2011 Mahathir Science Award
•  Personalized Medicine Receives Boost in China
•  GeneNews & Shanghai Biochip to Establish First Sentinel Centre for Personalized Medicine
•  SINANO Invents New Microfluidic Chip for Bacterial Culture

Feature
•  Expatriate Researcher Returns to Roost
•  Past, Present and Future of Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine
•  Learning Human Cardiac Diseases through Stem Cells
•  Bioprocessing for Stem Cell Therapy: From the Lab into the Log Phase
•  Neural Stem Cells and Cell-based Approaches in Neurodegeneration and Peripheral Nerve Injuries
•  The Marketing of Unapproved Stem Cell Products: An Industry-wide Challenge

Review
•  Annual Pivotal Event for Global Chinese Medicine Industry

Inside Industry
•  India Unveils Roadmap for Cooperation with Africa
•  Indian Agriculture Minister Calls For Improved Soil Health
•  A*STAR, GE Global Research To Develop Integrated Advanced Medical Imaging
•  PRA Opens Office in Singapore
•  Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Grants to Tackle Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Asia
•  Burrill & Company Expands into Taiwan
•  Medistem Initiates Collaboration With Shanghai Jia Fu Medical Apparatus
•  Advinus, SignalChem Commence Collaboration On New Anti-Cancer Drugs
•  3D Petri Dish to Reduce Animal Use in Research
•  Vermillion Receives Patent on Platelet Biomarkers of Angiogenesis
•  Biotech R&D Outsourcing Set to Increase and Shift Overseas

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