CONTENTS Nov-Dec 2000
IN THE NEWS
G8 meeting indecisive Ö Hepatitis B shot may be made mandatory Ö New rabies vaccine Ö Genetics-based facility to analyse rare population genes Ö DNA chip facility established Ö Collaboration to develop hepatitis C vaccine Ö Wockhardt to raise hepatitis B vaccine output Ö Dow Chemical acquires Cargill Hybrid Seeds Ö Singapore genome programme Ö Serono licenses TNF antibody patent Ö Dow Chemical and EPIcyte to jointly develop "plantibodies" Ö HGS acquires Principia Pharmaceutical Ö Gerotechnology: a new breed of biotechnology Ö C. albicans genes uncovered Ö Bangladesh to adopt biosafety guidelines Ö Bacillus identity crisis solved Ö Production of hybrid maize Ö Collaboration to boost agricultural biotechnology Ö Monoclonal antibody production techniquesÖReliance plans biotech unit
INVENTIONS/NEW PRODUCTS
Artificial chromosomes created Ö New cancer treatment drug Ö Lentivirusesfor stable gene therapy Ö Liquid neutral enzyme Ö New automated 2D gel analysis system Ö Fast and low-cost DNA detection method Ö Platelet pathogen inactivation system
R&D IDEAS
Key protein related to Alzheimer discovered Ö Twinning gene identified Ö New model of HIV-immune system Ö New therapy for pneumonia Ö Majority of human and cow genomes identical Ö Human epigenome project Ö Rice rich in ß-carotene Ö Cephalosporin biosynthesis Ö Targeting sheepÖNew recombinant vaccine
MEDICAL BIOTECH
Profiling metastasis in malignant melanoma Ö Outbreak of foot and mouth virus confirmed Ö Carbohydrate-based anti-cancer vaccine Ö New vaccine against cancers Ö Test for assessing microbial susceptibility to antibiotics Ö Unusual tumour gene found
AGRI BIOTECH
Genes responsible for double flowers identified Ö Controlling plant pathogens by employing bacteria Ö Ceres and Genset collaborate on corn genes Ö Monsanto's programme on transgenic potatoes Ö Plants resist fungal disease
BIOREMEDIATION
Microbes to degrade organic pollutants
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