The Norwegian Tooth Bank is requesting milk teeth from 100 000 children and could become the biggest tooth bank in the world. Milk teeth can give invaluable information about environmental factors and...
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China's pharmaceutical industry is booming, and there are speculations that, given its aggressive growth, China's biotech industry is on its way to becoming a world player. For their study,...
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Six Southern California institutions are collaborating to advance stem cell research by establishing the Southern California Stem Cell Scientific Collaboration (SC3). Members of the collaboration...
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The W.M. Keck Foundation has granted the University of Oregon $1.6 million to study the biological effects of exposure to precisely engineered nanoparticles that are being designed for diagnostic and...
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Are you a scientist working in an academic, hospital, government or private organization? How is it like working in your institution? Take The Scientist's Best Places to Work in Academia survey...
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ConocoPhillips is investing $22.5 million on a research program at the Iowa State University to develop technologies that produce biorenewable fuels. The grant consists of an initial $1.5 million in...
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC had invested S$20 million (US$13 million; €9.8 million) in a new laboratory in Singapore's biotechnology hub, Biopolis, as part of its Center for Research in Cognitive and...
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Funded by a $6.2 million grant from the Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation (DRWF) and constructed by Ryan Companies, U.S., the DRWF Islet Resource Facility is a biosecure animal facility in...
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Fierce Biotech has released its "Top Five Regions Targeting Biotech Companies" for 2007. This is unquestionably a highly subjective list drawn from the headlines that we scour every day for...
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The Bay Area is one of the most active biotech hubs, and is host to about 900 biotech companies in Northern California. The BayBio, an independent, non-profit trade association serving the life...
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What: Biotech 2006 When: October 16-17, 2006 Where: Loews Philadelphia, PA Jointly hosted by the Biotechnology Council of New Jersey (BCNJ) and Pennsylvania Bio, this conference will focus on...
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This article from Philly.com higlights the increase in life science venture capital investing in the Philadelphia region. Two local companies, Tengion Inc. and Cardiokine Inc., were among the 10...
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President Bush exercised his first veto overriding Congress's Bill HR810 to loosen funding restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research. An excerpt from his message delivered during a White...
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Novartis will build a $600 million plant in the United States to develop flu vaccines using advanced, cell-culture techniques. The facility would be based in Holly Springs, North Carolina, and...
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The Czech Republic is building a biotech research park in Brno, on the very place where the Father of Genetics, Gregor Mendel, elucidated the laws of genetics and inheritance based on the pea plant....
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This previous entry on bioentrpreneurship and blogs emphasized the role of web presence for building a (biotech) firm's corporate PR. Apparently, not only firms are increasing their web presence;...
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The Center for Medical Genome Research in Berlin was officially opened last week. A joint project between the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Leibniz-Institut...
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The Maryland Biotechnology Investment Tax Credit Program offers incentives for individuals, companies and venture capitalists investing in seed and early-stage biotech companies in Maryland....
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After the falsification fiasco with Korean stem-cell and cloning expert, Woo Suk Hwang, will South Korea be able to rebuild its position and reputation as a leader in stem cell research? The South...
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