BioBoard • Singapore's NTU and France's CNRS Goes into Partnership • Johns Hopkins Opens International Medical Center in Singapore • Two Australian Scientists Won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine, 2005 • Scientists from Singapore Awarded for their Research • 1918 Spanish Flu Virus Similar to Modern Avian Flu Virus • Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew Comments on Life Science Industry in Singapore • Top Scientists and Policy Makers Meet in Kyoto • Dengue Outbreak Continues in Asia • Update on Bird Flu - Dead Duck found Infected with Bird Flu in Romania, 2000 Birds Dead in Turkey • Biotech Stocks Rise on Bird Flu Scare • Merck's Cancer Vaccine • HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign at Malaysia's Varsity • Horse Flu Virus Infects Dogs
Special Feature • Building Biotech Without Building Companies • Japan's Bio Ventures Today-GNI Ltd • Ten Tips for Science Entrepreneurs
Industry Watch • Leading US Neuroscientist Appointed Chief Scientific Officer of Living Cell Technologies • Trillium Therapeutics Acquires Australia-based Arthron Ltd • Star Pharmaceutical Seeks Singapore Stock Market Listing • Astellas and MerLion Collaborate to Develop Natural Products Drug Candidate • Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Signs Agreement with Merck & Co • Biosensors Bags US Patent for Heart Stent Technology • MerLion Pharma and Cancer Research Technology Announce Drug Discovery Collaboration • OctoPlus and SingVax Collaborate to Develop Single-shot Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine • Rockeby Moves into African Marketing
Products/Services Highlights • Germany-based ibidi Launches the µ-Dish for Long-term Cell Culture • Wireless Temperature Monitoring and Location Tracking System
Research Findings • FANTOM Study Challenges Current Understanding of Genome • Singapore Big on Cardiovascular Research • Scientists Create GM Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria • Transgenic Zebrafish Offer New Hope for Cancer Research
Agriculture • Olive Oil As the Painkiller
Alternative Medicine • New Radical Chinese Cancer Treatment Introduced to the Western World
General News • Collaboration of the Two Giants-A*STAR and RIKEN • Duke's Perspective-The New Graduate Medical School in Singapore • Singapore Life Sciences Sector Benefi ts from India's Patent Laws
People • People Profile-Professor Joseph Kwok-Kwong Li
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