Contents
EDITORIAL
BioBoard
India
• Asianhhm.com introduces innovative print and digital advertising solutions
Indonesia
• IMCD acquires leading Indonesian food Ingredients distributor Alam Subur
Japan
• VITAL Corporation to distribute Imagine Eyes’ rtx1™ Adaptive Optics Retinal Camera in Japan
Singapore
• Global threat of multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis
• APAC breeding ground for Anti-bacterial household product innovation
Australia
• In defence of the humble ant, champion of biodiversity
• Senz Oncology initiates VAL-1000 clinical trial in patients with acute leukaemias
• ABRAXANE® demonstrates significant improvement in advanced melanoma patients
• Alzheimer's, cancer and rare disease research to benefit from landmark MRC-AstraZeneca compound collaboration
• Nine Sydney researchers to receive funding for biomedical research projects
Americas
• How blind mole rats keep cancer at bay
• No assembly required for new micro particles
• Caribbean sardine collapse linked to climate change
Europe
• Radioembolization using sir-spheres significantly improves overall survival for patients with inoperable colorectal cancer
Eye on China
• Amplified detection of nucleic acid by G-quadruplex based hybridization chain reaction
• Dow Opens Photovoltaics Films Application Lab in Shanghai
• Researchers discover molecular mechanisms of left-right asymmetric control in the sea urchin
• China mulls new rule on human genetic research
• China to phase out organ donation from executed criminals
• Charles River Laboratories to expand research models business in China
• Chinese Science Academy Chief urges seizing on new technological revolution
• BGI contributes genome sequencing and bioinformatics expertise
• Taiwan government will encourage formation of smaller biotech funds
Features
• Applying Nano-Scale Technologies to make Big Ideas Possible
• Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials
• Graphene for Smart Medical Devices
• Protein Nanocages: The Versatile Molecular Shell
People Watch
• Catching Cancer with Dr Wang Shutao
Review
• BioAsia 2013: Exploring the NEXT trends in Biotechnology - Biologics and Biosimilars
Inside Industry
• Thermo Fisher Scientific and Applikon Biotechnology sign bilateral supply agreement
• AET BioTech and BioXpress Therapeutics to co-develop biosimilar Adalimumab
• Octa Phillip Bioscience Managers announces first close on new healthcare fund
• Agilent Technologies and PREMIER Biosoft's platforms work together to advance lipidomics research
• Phosphagenics licenses TPM platform to Indian pharmaceutical company
• Dr. Louis-Philippe Vézina, named as a recipient of the 2012 Prix du Quebec
• Conference Calendar |