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EDITORIAL

BioBoard

Australia
•  Genetic Link Found for Brain Disorders
•  Burns Treatment to Replace Skin Grafts
•  Australian Scientists Discover How Liver Kills “Killer Cells”7
•  High Fat Food Triggers Gene ‘Switch’ Leading to Type 2 Diabetes

China
•  First Biologist from China Wins Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

India
•  H5 Bird Flu Outbreak in West Bengal

Japan
•  New Zealand, Japanese Scientists Collaborate on Functional Foods Research

Singapore
•  Antibodies Can Bind Cancer Proteins on the Inside
•  A Guinness World Record for Singapore with A*STAR IMRE’s world’s smallest Working Gears
•  IBN Harnesses Ultrasmall Peptides to Repair Spinal Disc Damage

Taiwan
•  Meningitis C Vaccination Breakthrough
•  Taiwan Targets Developing High-end Medical Equipment in Three Stages
•  Scientists Announce Technology to Grow Meat Faster at Lower Cost
•  Taiwanese-American HIV/AIDS Academic Joins Team

Other Regions
•  Gene Behind Chronic Blood Cancer Identified
•  New Technology Could Make You Light-Hearted
•  HIV/AIDS Researcher David Ho Wins NIDA’s 2011 Avant-Garde Award
•  Steven Chu - 2011 R&D Magazine’s 49th Scientist of the Year
•  Shu Chien Awarded 2011 National Medal of Science

Feature
•  Promoting Biotechnology in Hong Kong
•  Achieving the Extreme Power for Common Drugs
•  Funding Biotechnology Ventures
•  Hong Kong Science Park - Supporting Biotechnology Development in Hong Kong

Review
•  Mu-ming Poo: The Janusian Neurobiologist
•  MVA: A promising viral vector platform for Asian Infectious Diseases
•  International, Scientific, Environmental and Analytical Technology Business Event at Suntec, Singapore

Inside Industry
•  Mesoblast and Lonza Establish Strategic Global Manufacturing Alliance
•  Alchemia Announces Initiation of Phase II Trial in Small Cell Lung Cancer
•  ShangPharma Subsidiary and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Partner in Therapeutic Antibody Research and Development
•  Pfizer And Guoyuan Form Joint Venture To Expand Development, Manufacture And Distribution Of Animal Vaccines In China
•  DSM and Sinochem Group Establish Global Anti-infectives Joint Venture
•  Trivitron Healthcare Partners with Hitachi Medical Systems
•  Agilent Technologies and Chungnam National University Collaborate to Further Glycomics Research
•  Bristol-Myers Squibb and Ono Enter into Strategic Agreement
•  Clearbridge BioMedics, Abnova Corporation Announce Collaboration
•  LAByrinth - Magnifying science through the lens of design and culture

Research and Findings
•  A*STAR Scientists Uncover Critical Link between Inflammation and Cancer
•  New Study Finds Cord Blood-derived Stem Cell Treatments Improve Ataxia Patients’ Functionality and Quality of Life
•  New Chemical Reagent Turns Mouse Brain Transparent

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