BioBoard
•  Thailand Provides Low-Cost Antiretroviral Drugs to AIDS Patients
•  World Stem Cell Bank to Open in Seoul
•  India Sets Up New Nanotech Center
•  Chinese Experts Detect HIV Virus in AIDS Patient's Eye
•  Invitrogen Opens New Facility in Australia
•  Outbreak of Bird Flu Confi rmed in Siberia

Special Feature
•  Applicable Strategies for Healthy Aging
•  Sleep and Sunlight in the Elderly
•  The Art and Science of Anti-Aging Medicine
•  The Politics and Ethics of Anti-Aging Science
•  Regenerative Medicine: Current Status and Prospects
•  Regenerative Medicine: Promises and Challenges

Industry Watch
•  Peptech and Domantis Collaborate on Cancer Research
•  US FDA Grants Pharmaxis' BronchitolTM Orphan Drug Status
•  Ocimum Buys Genomic Diagnostics Division of German MWG Biotech AG
•  MerLion Pharmaceuticals Extends Existing Collaborations with Merck & Co Inc
•  Pacific Agriscience Teams up with US-based CaliPhar
•  Rockeby's Candida Detection Kit - SYSCAN3® Diagnostic Kit Assay
•  Veredus: World's First Commercially Available H5N1 Avian Flu Test Kit

Products/Services Highlights
•  Agilent's Infectious Agent Detection System

Research Findings
•  Cancer Research Breakthrough by Singapore Scientists
•  NUS Scientists Identify Novel Gene of the Nervous System

Agriculture
•  NZ Scientists' Breakthrough in Tracing Ground Beef Product
•  South Korea Starts Tracking its Agricultural Goods in 2006

Alternative Medicine
•  China to Step Up on TCM Research
•  Molecular Acupuncture: East Meets West
•  A Critical Look at Traditional Medicine Research
•  Curcumin as Anticancer Agent

General News
•  Mysterious Pig-Borne Disease-Streptococcus Suis
•  BioEngAge: New Frontier, Newer Perspectives

People
•  Interview with Nobel Laureate: Professor Peter C. Doherty

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