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    Rules & Regulations

      Rules on Transgenic Farm Products Take Effect in China.

      China Biotech Rules Scrutinized at WTO.

      China to Further Open Agricultural Market.

      Cosmetics from Mad Cow Disease Countries Banned in China.

      Japan Proposes New Agency for Food Safety.

      WHO Body Agrees on GM Food Safety Checks.

      NZ Websites Violate Medicine Act.

      Taiwan Health Department Releases Stem Cell Research Guidelines.

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      Company News

        Bionomics Partners Johnson and Johnson Research.

        AustCancer and BioFocus Join Hands in Heregulin Project.

        BresaGen to have New Facility.

        Roche Inaugurates New Citric Acid Plant in China.

        US Agribusiness Giant ADM's China Joint Venture Starts Operations.

        Dragon Pharmaceuticals Acquires Remaining Stake in Nanjing Huaxin Bio-pharmaceutical.

        Hong Kong's Cheung Kong to List Biotech Business.

        Ranbaxy Files IND for Pneumonia Drug.

        Dr. Reddy's Completes Phase I Clinical Trials of Cancer Drug.

        Morepen Sets up Four Strategic Business Units.

        Takara Bio Produces DNA Fragments for DNA Microarrays on Industrial Scale.

        Kyowa Hakko to Begin Phase II Trials of Urinary Incontinence Compound.

        Eisai Establishes Clinical Research Subsidiary in the US.

        Matsushita Develops First High Throughput Drug Screening Technology Using Biosensors.

        AgResearch Seeks Approval for GM Organisms Development.

        ICPbio Opens New Manufacturing Facility in West Auckland.

        German Tissue Engineering Firm to Offer New Treatment for Knee Injuries.

        Bristol-Meyers Squibb Cuts AIDS Drug Price.

        SurroMed Transfers R&D Facility to Institute of Bioengineering.

        Fast-food Firms Seek Thai Chicken.

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        Research News

          Implantable Contact Lens Developed.

          Study Shows GM-free Zones Unnecessary.

          Melbourne Scientists Grow Thymus Organ.

          Artificial Livers to Cure Hepatitis.

          University of Tokyo Selects Olympus SNP Typing System for Research.

          Chronic Fatigue Linked to Low Serotonin.

          Tanabe Seiyaku and GSK to Collaborate on Genome Drug Discovery.

          Anti-alcoholic Gene in Polynesians Shows Asia-pacific Ancestry.

          Tooth Minerals Replenished by Milk.

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          Rules & Regulations

            GM Poppy License Granted.

            New Guidelines on Foreign Investment in Healthcare Industries.

            GM Experiment Dodges New Ethics Council.

            Singapore Sets Stricter Rules for Chinese Medicines.

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            Trends & Prospects

              Listed Biotech Companies Face Bleak Future.

              NZ Scientist Claims GM Can Prevent Banana Extinction.

              Beta-Carotene Prevents Fatty Liver in Laboratory Mice.

              Lead Chelation Helps Kidney Patients.

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              Agriculture

                The First New Line Super Vegetables — Broccoli.

                New Gene to Combat Leaf Blotch in Wheat Plants.

                Uphill Task Ahead to Improve Rice Production in Cambodia.

                China Develops Han Dao Rice Strain.

                Bt Cotton Plagued with New Problem.

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                Agriculture

                  Bt Corn Well-Received in the Philippines.

                  Taiwanese Health Officials to Require Labeling of Ingredients for GM Food.

                  EU Countries retain the Right to Ban GM Food.

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                  Agriculture

                    Bt Cotton Benefits Chinese Farmers.

                    India Launches Transgenic Crops Development Program.

                    Patent Disputes in Rice Research.

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                    Agriculture

                      Monsanto to Shift GM business from Thailand to Other Asian Countries.

                      Opening Of Agribiosciences Facility In Australia.

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                      BIOBOARD

                        JAPAN – Waseda University team sheds light on self-organization of biological structures.

                        SINGAPORE – Unravelling the mind-body connection with power-efficient IC chip jointly developed by A*STAR IME, NTU and NUS.

                        SINGAPORE – A*STAR scientists bring to light mechanism of drug for infections.

                        SINGAPORE – A*STAR scientists uncover potential drug target to nip cancer in the bud.

                        THAILAND – Leaders in fight against typhoid express hope in light of new vaccines.

                        THE PHILIPPINES – GM corn ‘benefits poor more than richer farmers’.

                        THE PHILIPPINES – Speeding up photosynthesis for better rice yields.

                        AFRICA – End of line for hard-to-detect malaria?

                        AUSTRALIA – Drugs to be developed against genetic and degenerative disorders.

                        AUSTRALIA – A new way to find out if back problems need surgery.

                        AUSTRALIA – Researchers solve a mystery about type 2 diabetes drug.

                        EUROPE – Scientists start to tap marine microbes for biotech use.

                        US – MR spectroscopy shows differences in brains of preterm infants.

                        US – New device offers hope to people blinded due to incurable eye disorders.

                        US – New Parkinson's disease genes discovered.

                        US – Taste receptors in the gut identified as new target for satiety and glucose regulation.

                        US – ACC inhibitors for potential treatment of diabetes, NASH and liver cancer discovered.

                        US – Benign tumors from use of oral contraceptive have a greater chance of becoming malignant.

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                        BIOBOARD

                          AUSTRALIA – Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines to be developed.

                          MALAYSIA – Dengue vaccine is just a year away, researchers say.

                          SINGAPORE – Molecular test kit to predict survival options in kidney cancer.

                          SINGAPORE – A*STAR scientists make breakthroughs in ovarian cancer research.

                          SINGAPORE – MicroVax cancer vaccine first in human clinical trial in Singapore.

                          AFRICA – Mixed results for yellow cassava's vitamin A trial.

                          AFRICA – GM's potential in Africa impeded by ‘dysfunctional debate’.

                          BRAZIL – Cheap nasal spray may save snakebite victims.

                          EUROPE – Promising next generation drug treatment for malaria developed.

                          EUROPE – Network Verification Challenge generates COPD network models.

                          EUROPE – Merck Serono initiates phase II study of antibody in metastatic merkel cell carcinoma.

                          UNITED STATES – Discovery of pro-metastasis protein reveals mysterious link to neurodegeneration.

                          UNITED STATES – Biologists discover mechanism promoting multiple DNA mutations.