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Australia — Politicians Chastise Australia's Science Institute. Australia — GE Healthcare and WA Government Collaborate on Cell-based Imaging Equipment. Australia — The Goal of Imugene's H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Vaccine. China — East China University Sparks Debate on Education Funding. China — 3D Map of SARS virus Drawn. China — Researchers Comment that Global Loss of Biodiversity is Harming Ocean Bounty. China — China Insists that there are No Variant Bird Flu Strain. China — Gene involved in Eye Lens Development. China — Cancer-causing Dye Found in Duck Eggs in China. Hong Kong — Scientists in Hong Kong Found Clues to Pandemic Bird Flu. Hong Kong — Hong Kong Bird Flu Expert Picked to Head WHO. India — Ranbaxy Signs Licensing Agreement with Swiss Company Debiopharm. India — Indian Biotechnology Park. Japan — Japan's New Premier Chases Innovation. Japan — Japan Reforms Screening to Speed up Drug Approval. New Zealand — New Zealand Invests in Neurology Project. South Korea — South Korea Gives Funding Boost to Stem-Cell Research. South Korea — South Korea Plans to Inject $253 million into Biotech. South Korea — Scientists Discover Stem Cells Might Help to Treat Mental Illness. Singapore — Renowned French Cancer Development Biologist Moves to Singapore's Biopolis. Singapore — Singapore Plans to Build Bigger Heart Center to Handle Spiraling Patient Numbers. Singapore — New Centre for Biomedical Ethics at NUS. Taiwan — Taiwan's CDC Places Order for H5N1 Vaccine. Taiwan — Tenders sought for Pingtung Agricultural Biotech Park Housing.