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Stronger Biotech Coaxes More Venture Cash
16.1.2006 | Press monitoring
While venture capital funding remains strong for biotechnology companies, most money tends to go to later rounds with lesser risk.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates for tissue engineering
16.1.2006 | Press monitoring
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), polyesters produced by microorganisms under unbalanced growth conditions (Doi 2002) have potential applications for medical and pharmaceutical purposes. The primary factor is because of their biodegradability. Nevertheless other favorable qualities such as their adaptability to suit the requirements of different...
South Korean Cloning Researcher Designe
16.1.2006 | Press monitoring
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA--Seoul National University (SNU) researcher Woo Suk Hwang submitted his resignation today after an internal inquiry by a university panel found that he deliberately fabricated much of the data in a groundbreaking stem cell paper published by Science.
Ho Chi Minh City to build regional biotechnology centre
16.1.2006 | Press monitoring
A 23ha biotechnology centre will be built in HCM City in the 2006-10 period as a place for research and application of genetic technology in production, especially vaccines and pharma-biological products.
Dow AgroSciences announces collaboration with Melbourne Univ to pursue plant-made vaccine solution to avian influenza
16.1.2006 | Press monitoring
Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, announced today that it has been named as the industry partner with the University of Melbourne in a Linkage Grant from the Australian Research Council to pursue development of plant-made production systems for an Avian Influenza vaccine.
Max Planck researchers make breakthrough in plant stem cell research
16.1.2006 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany have determined how plants regulate how many stem cells they have.
Hwang's Stem Cell Claims Further Discredited
5.1.2006 | Press monitoring
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA--Woo Suk Hwang's dramatic claims to have created patient-specific embryonic stem cells were all but demolished today. Seoul National University's dean of research affairs told reporters in a press conference that there is no evidence that any of the cell lines Hwang's team reported in Science earlier this year were genuine....
Biotech Flax With Increased Omega-3 Levels Could Improve Human Health
5.1.2006 | Press monitoring
Enhanced flax seeds could bring the benefits of fish oil to vegetable-based cooking oils. A team of researchers led by Ernst Heinz from the University of Hamburg in Germany has successfully developed a genetically enhanced flax (or linseed) plant that has boosted levels of healthful long chain polyunsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids...
Increase in Biofuel Demand is Making Nations More Energy Independent
5.1.2006 | Press monitoring
Spike in global oil demand is making alternative fuels more attractive. With worldwide demand for oil rising — and driving prices upward — the need for alternative oil sources to help nations achieve greater energy independence has never been greater.
Plant Biotechnology Can Play a Key Role in Developing Healthier 'Functional Foods'
5.1.2006 | Press monitoring
Taste is number one for consumers, but health is becoming more important in food selection. Toward the end of a recent presentation on healthy lycopene-enhanced tomatoes at the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO) annual meeting in June 2003, Autar Mattoo, a researcher for the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA), was asked how his...
