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• CANADA: McGuinty Government Invests In Green Industry

  Published: August 14, 2007, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Canada, Bioindustrial Innovation Centre, Biotechnology, Biofuel, Bio Chemical Plants, Biodiesel

  to achieve industrial scale biotechnology. It is a big step forward in building the Ontario of the future with clean, green jobs."Investing in research and innovation is another example of how the McGuinty government is working on the side of businesses and families to strengthen Ontario's economy.Via: CNWFound this post useful? Consider

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• Britain to decide on animal-human embryo research

  Published: September 5, 2007, 7:41 am

  Tags: Health, Medical Research, Science Technology, Animals, Biotechnology, Research, Stem Cells, United Kingdom, England

  Authorities in Britain look certain to give scientists permission to create embryos that are part animal and part human.

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• Crazy Mice

  Published: September 12, 2007, 1:48 pm

  Tags: Science, Mice, Schizophrenic, Spulch, Amazed, Scientists, Pointed, Hear, Created, Genetic, Engineering, Biotechnology, Cure

  Spulch pointed me towards a news story that I am amazed I did not hear about myself: scientists have created schizophrenic mice: The mice were created by modifying their DNA to mimic a mutant gene first found in a Scottish family with a high incidence of schizophrenia, which affects about one in every 100 people. The mices brains were found to

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• Crazy Mice

  Published: September 12, 2007, 1:48 pm

  Tags: Science, Mice, Schizophrenic, Spulch, Amazed, Scientists, Pointed, Hear, Created, Genetic, Engineering, Biotechnology, Cure

  Spulch pointed me towards a news story that I am amazed I did not hear about myself: scientists have created schizophrenic mice: The mice were created by modifying their DNA to mimic a mutant gene first found in a Scottish family with a high incidence of schizophrenia, which affects about one in every 100 people. The mices brains were found to

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• Hopes for hairy roots as biofactories

  Published: October 8, 2007, 11:08 am

  Tags: Science, Biotechnology, Plant Cells

  Scientists are reporting an advance towards tapping the immense potential of 'hairy roots' as natural factories to produce medicines, food flavorings and other commercial products. Their study is scheduled for the November/December issue of ACS' Biotechnology Progress, a bi-monthly journal.

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• 'Knockout mice' study wins Nobel Medicine Prize

  Published: October 8, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Human Interest, Awards Prizes, Science Technology, Scitech Awards, Biotechnology, Scitech Breakthroughs, Stem Cells, Genetics, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

  Three scientists have won the Nobel Medicine Prize for their work in creating "knockout mice", now used as the 21st-century testbed for biomedical research.

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• Amgen Layoffs Another One

  Published: October 10, 2007, 10:08 pm

  Tags: Financial, Business, Amgen Layoff, Amgen Layoffs, Amgen Inc, Amgen Inc Layoffs, Biotechnology Companies, Thousand Oaks, Transition Centers

  Inc. is one of the biggest biotechnology companies out there. The Amgen layoffs were among the previously announced 675 involuntary Amgen layoffs that are expected to be completed by the end of this month at the company’s headquarters in Thousand Oaks. Some more 700 took the money and ran, they decided to take the buy out instead of

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• Qld bioscience firm wins US defence contract

  Published: October 21, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Industry, Biotechnology, Defence National Security, Security Alliances, Australia, Qld

  Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says a local company is set to sign a deal with the US defence force to provide a drug that can protect against biological weapons.

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• Mass Biotech Council COO Resigns

  Published: November 2, 2007, 5:51 pm

  Tags: News Briefs, People, Biotech, Mbc, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council

  pending, the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council lost its second in command, chief operating officer Mark Robinson. The COO resigned to work for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, according to the Boston Business Journal. Permalink Share

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• Eurand added to NASDAQ Biotechnology Index

  Published: November 15, 2007, 5:33 am

  Tags: Amsterdam, Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Company, Drug, Eurand, Faherty, Formulation, Gearoid, Index, Nasdaq, Nasdaq Listed, Pharmaceutical, Press Release, Products, Technologies

  "Eurand is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops enhanced pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutic read more

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• Algae, weeds hold key to biofuel future: CSIRO

  Published: November 20, 2007, 12:35 am

  Tags: Biotechnology, Rural, Weeds, Science And Technology, Research, Research Organisations, Australia

  The CSIRO says inedible crops could be the only way to rescue the nations beleaguered biofuels industry which has been threatened by costly raw ingredients.

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• Biotechnology business booming, industry says

  Published: November 22, 2007, 11:39 am

  Tags: Business, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutics

  More than half of all medicines and common chemicals are made from naturally occurring resources. And a recent national survey of more than 1,000 Australians found there is surging support for the modern manipulation of nature referred to as biotechnology.

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• Ireland’s Science Students 15th in OECD

  Published: December 1, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: Music, University, Irishblogs, Healthcare, Ireland, Biotechnology, Computing, Health, Environment, Research, Irish Politics, Economy, Science, Education, Development

  healthcare, Ireland, biotechnology, computing, Health, Environment, Research, irish politics, Economy, Science, Education,

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• Scientists make breakthrough in fight against superbugs

  Published: December 7, 2007, 1:38 am

  Tags: Biotechnology And Biological Sciences Research Council

  funding from the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

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• Quick reference on "pharmaceuticals" vs biotechnology products [Terra Sigillata]

  Published: December 12, 2007, 7:39 am

  Tags: Biotechnology

  vs. proteins used as drugs. Biotechnology products like insulin or erythropoeitin protein molecules whereas classic drugs like the statins or antiinflammatory drugs are termed "small molecules." In truth, both classes are pharmaceuticals so I would've used different headers: many biotechnology products are indeed pharmaceuticals. Being a

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