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Australia • UWA Researchers Link New Gene to Osteoporosis • Australian Surgeons Save Unborn Baby's Leg
China • China Honors IRRI for Contributions to Food Security and Science • Chinese Red Yeast Rice Extract Reduces Repeat Heart Attacks/Mortality Rates • Cholesterol Absorbing Mechanism Unveiled • Academia Sinica and BASF to Develop Rice Strains
Hong Kong • Hong Kong Scientists Make New Bird Flu Breakthrough
India • Mirrus Opens India R&D center • United States Launches Rs 580 million Health Initiative in India • IBSD to Analyze Herb with Cancer Curing Property • Rare Heart Surgery at Delhi Hospital
Japan • First Optical Pacemaker: Laser Controls Beating Of Heart Muscle Cells in Cell Culture
Singapore • Singapore-led Team Starts S$3.5 Million Liver Cancer Clinical Trial • Wealth of Genomic Hotspots Discovered in Embryonic Stem Cells • Scientists Identify Genetic Regulator of Colon Cancer and Develop a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Colon Cancer Treatment • First Confirmed Common Genetic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Uncovered by Genome Institute of Singapore and Partners in international Breast Cancer Association Collaboration
Feature • Australia's Biodiversity Crisis — For all of Australia's weird and different organisms, the richness of the country's biodiversity has never been under greater threat • A Life Devoted to Botany — APBN speaks to the executive director of Sydney's Botanic Gardens Trust, Dr Tim Entwisle, about his passion for plant life and the challenges facing botany • Saving the Shark — There are less than 500 Grey Nurse Sharks off Australia's coasts and this species is in danger of slipping into extinction • Who's Who — William Burns tells APBN about the latest ongoings at top Australian research center, the Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine • Trading Currency — Treat flora and fauna as economic currency to prevent their deterioration • The Wark.: At the Interface of Nano and Bio-materials • Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre • Pressing On Scientists at Sydney's Centenary Institute are working to improve health outcomes for the community at large • Redrawing the Map — Donald Hobern takes a look at the challenges of managing biodiversity data • Fostering the Good Drop — Businesses like Foster's Wine Estates show that they can thrive while committing themselves to stronger conservation standards
Industry News • Arana and greenovation in Anticancer Codevelopment Deal • AMAG Pharmaceuticals and 3Sbio to Develop Ferumoxytol in China • Biocon Launches Prefilled Syringes for Cancer • Ranbaxy Ties up with Yemen's Pharma • Cato Research and Neuland Laboratories Form Joint Venture in India • Alnylam, Takeda Ink RNAi Deal • Seahorse Bioscience Enters into Agreement with Primetech Corporation to Bring XF Technology to Japan • Faust Pharmaceuticals Announces Research Agreement with Takeda • Agilent Technologies Introduces First Commercial GC/MS Metabolite Library • Innogene and NCCS Starts Clinical Trial for Drug to Treat Head and Neck Cancer • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and Siam Life Science Develop New Gold Standard for Pharmacological and Toxicological Test Systems
General News • Greater Global Awareness of Chinese Medicine • Pharma Marketing, Philippines • Asia Pacific's Finest Healthcare Players Recognized
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