Policies & Regulations
•  Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Japan Approves Guidelines
•  Japan's Environment Agency to Curb Water Pollution
•  India to Monitor Pollution More Closely

Major Event
•  New Research Institute to be Set Up in Queensland
•  Biotechnology Industry in Taiwan: High Growth Expected in the Coming Years
•  Agriculture in Hong Kong Gets a Boost

Research News
•  Plastifying Biological Specimens in China
•  Vaccines to Battle Cancer
•  Japan Discovers New Hepatitis Virus
•  China Develops X-Ray Hologram of Biological Samples
•  Beetle Uses Combinatorial Chemistry to Make Toxic Substance
•  Neuron Transplant May Help Stroke Victims Recover
•  Crops May Provide Raw Materials for Industrial Chemicals
•  Japan Finds Gene that Prevents Myocardial Infarction

Chinese Medicine
•  Banlangen -- A Good Drug in the Spring

Company News
•  Foreign Drug Companies in Japan: Downsizing an Increasing Trend
•  TCM Companies React to New Market Economy
•  Taiwan Establishes Second Science Park
•  India¡¯s First Human Insulin Unit
•  Enso Buys 20% Stake in Advance Agro
•  Dovatron Malaysia Named 'Best Supplier of the Year'
•  Morning-After Pill that Won¡¯t Sell
•  Plant Genomics is Big Business

General Information & Statistics
•  China Continues War Against Hookworms
•  Research Reveals that China Will Be Self-Sufficient in Food Supply in 2020
•  Singapore to Invest Billions in Chemical Sector

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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