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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