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Europe • Biomarkers for Autism Discovered • New Research Could Stop Tumor Cells From Spreading • Dutch Scientists Deliver Drugs with Nanorockets • Living Micro-Robot Could Detect Diseases in Future • Animal Import Bans Threaten UK Drug Research • 100M Welsh Biotech Fund Inspired by Sir Chris Evans • Scientists Discover New Plasmodium Mechanism
India • Landmark Gleevec IP Case Makes Big Pharma Think Twice • Indian Govt Defends Generics Industry
Japan • Japan May Open $96 Billion Drug Market Further
Singapore • Temasek Foundation and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Collaborate in Myanmar • NCIS, NCCS and ESMO to Launch Cancer Education Initiative
Taiwan • Taiwan Lags Behind South Korea in Biotech • NCHU Inaugurates Taiwan-U.S. Research Center on Plant and Food Biotech • Taiwan Offers New Model to Predict Hepatitis C Cancer Risk • Nobel Laureate Dr. Ada E. Yonath to Lecture in Taipei
USA • BIO Opens Nominations for 2012 Biotech Humanitarian Award • Pharmaceuticals Survey: Many Think Business Model Is Broken • Probe Proteins Ultrafast with Infrared Spectroscopy • This DNA Cannot be Replicated • New Single-Cell, Single-Molecule Method to Identify DNA • New Gene Therapy Approach Could Treat Sickle Cell • Clamor Affects More than Birds and Other Animals • The End of RNA World? • Curly Leaves Inspire New Technique for Shaping Thin Gel Sheets • Mutant Plants May be Better for Biofuels • Breakthrough in IDing Target Cancer Epigenetic Genes
Eye on China • China to Cease Harvesting Inmate Organs • China Needs More Than 20 Years to Catch Up on Innovation • Roads to Design an Efficient Non-viral Gene Delivery System • Rice MADS29 Transcription Factor Regulates Seed Development • Vermont Benefits From BioTeks China Focus • Healthcare Reforms Squeezing China Pharmaceuticals • 2011 Watershed Year for Chinese Life Science • Novasep Opens New Shanghai Facilities
Features • Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research • Clinical Trials in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Reflection on the Issues • The Closure of the National Bio-bank in Singapore • Draining the Goodwill of Science: The Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Industry in East Asia
Inside Industry • Simulations Plus Announces Preliminary Success in Malaria Drug Design Project • xCELLigence System Evaluated in EU Project to Replace Animal Experiments in Cosmetics Industry • Progress in $100 Million Biodiesel and Commercial Fish Food Project • QIAGEN and Bio-X Center Open Shanghai Translational Medicine Lab • Index Ventures Launches First 150m Life Sciences Fund • Enzo Biochem Expands Distribution with Japans Cosmo Bio • Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund Invests in Hepatitis B/D • ScinoPharm and NHRI Announce Jointly Developed Diabetes Drug • Calibr: A New Paradigm for Academic Industry Cooperation • Biocon and Pfizer End Commercialization Agreement • Plandai Biotech Demonstrates Significance of Flavonoid & Polyphenol Bioavailability • Ceva Uses ProBioGens AGE1.CR Cell Line for Viral Vaccine Production • Quintiles to Sign Memorandum of Agreement with Malaysia Biotechnology Corporation
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