BioBoard

Abstract

AUSTRALIA — South Australian Government Invests in Center for Plant Functional Genomics. AUSTRALIA — New Cancer Research Facility to be Built at UNSW. AUSTRALIA — Fighting Bird Flu with RNAi. CHINA — China's Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Collaborates with Syngenta. CHINA — China to Establish Anti-bioterrorism System. CHINA — China Halts Production of Novartis Drug — Zelnorm. INDIA — Central Drug Authority Bill to Come Up During Monsoon Session. INDIA — India to Import Doses of Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine from China. INDIA — Chikungunya Mosquito-borne Virus Threatens Thousands. INDONESIA — Indonesia Bird Flu Cases Top 100. JAPAN — Japanese Researchers Develop Plant-Based Cholera Vaccine. JAPAN — Chugai and Roche to Review Tamiflu Safety Issues. MALAYSIA — Malaysia and Italy to Work Together in Agriculture. SINGAPORE — Bilcare, ACRP Jointly Float New Academy Center at Singapore. SINGAPORE — Singapore Hit by Dengue Epidemic. SOUTH KOREA — Government to Tighten Regulations on GM Organisms in 2008. TAIWAN — National Chiao Tung University to Establish Intelligent Prosthetics Research Center. VIETNAM — Vietnam Recalls Tainted Soy Sauce. OTHER — Novartis Gains European Approval for Innovative Flu Vaccine. OTHER — S$2.15 Billion Spent to Contain Drug-resistant TB. OTHER — Bird Flu Spreads to Northern Bangladesh. OTHER — Red Cross Denounces Burmese Junta for Rights Abuses.