Company News
•  Tarac Technologies' Food Product Improves Heart Health
•  Prana Scientists Publishes Novel Therapy for Parkinson's Disease
•  Elan Bio and Meditech Form Scanner Joint Venture
•  AstraZeneca Establishes Clinical Research Center in Shanghai
•  New Product Launches and AIDS Tie-Up for Serum Insitute
•  Dabur Recalls its Honey Brand in Canada
•  SSP to Launch OTC Sleeping Pill
•  Merck and MerLion Pharma Announce Drug Discovery Alliance

Rules & Regulations
•  Restriction on AIDS Human Tests Stays

Research News
•  CSIRO Develops Statistical Tools for Cancer Diagnosis
•  Childhood Stress Linked to Early Puberty in Girls
•  Sonography More Accurate than Mammography
•  New Genes Related to Parkinson's Disease Discovered
•  China to Use Microbial Genome Technology for Oil Extraction
•  Curcumin May Prevent Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
•  Reliance Life Starts Trials on Bio-Engineered Skin Products
•  Japanese Scientists Use Mouth Cells for Treatment of Damaged Eyes
•  New Anti-Mad Cow Disease Enzyme Discovered
•  Breakthrough Study in Congenital Birth Abnormalities
•  Faster Healing with New Drug

Alternative Medicine
•  China to Boost Technological Development of TCM

Education
•  Opening of DNA Learning Lab at the Singapore Science Center
•  Overview of Singapore's Life Sciences Education Plan

General Information & Statistics
•  Australia's Largest Dedicated Bioinformatics Computer Cluster Launched
•  Software Modeling Tool for Drug Development
•  Funding for Queensland Biotech Companies
•  China Sets up Nanoscience and Nanotech Center
•  Few Takers for Cipla's Cheap Anti-AIDS Drugs
•  Indian Government Funds DNA Chip Project
•  Importer of Cancer Drug Iressa May Face Legal Suit
•  Recycled Bath Water Causes Fatal Lung Infection
•  Study into Occupational Cancer Given Boost
•  NZ Lacks Biotech Funding
•  First cGMP Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility in the Region
•  One in Five Taiwanese Hypertensive
•  Biotech and Medical Park Approved

Trends & Prospects
•  World Must Ready Itself for Outbreak of New Diseases
•  Synthetic Cell and Carbon Emission Control the Thrust of Biotech in Future
•  Australian Farming Systems' Next Wave
•  Feeding the World with GM Crops
•  Ricin Poison as a Bioterror Agent

Special Report on SARS
•  Another Emerging Disease in Asia
•  Overview
•  Global Update
•  Culprit Identified?
•  Economic and Social Impact
•  Preventive Measures for General Public

Calendar of Events
•  A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific