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Stem Cell Controversy Hasn't Changed
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:31:00 +0300
I received an email from a reader asking how old my article "The Pros and Cons of Stem Cell Research" is and what has changed since I wrote it. Although...
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The Stages of Clinical Trial
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:57:00 +0300
In my evaluation of the best and worst biotech stocks for 2008, I took into consideration what products a company had in its pipeline and, if they were drug candidates,...
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ViroPharma Tops my Stock List
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:53:00 +0300
My list of best biotech stocks for 2008 is in, and my top pick for the year is VPHM. I don't use a scientific method to make my choices, but...
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EST Analyses Accelerate Gene Discovery
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:45:00 +0300
EST stands for expressed sequence tag. ESTs are short chains of nucleotide bases (200-800 bases in length) derived from cDNA libraries. That is, they are sequences obtained from complementary DNA...
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On the Origin of Modern Biotechnology
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:14:00 +0300
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is hosting their 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago this year, with plans to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth...
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Take Process Improvement Step-by-Step
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:58:00 +0300
According to a special March 2008 issue on bioprocess design, by BioProcess International, biopharmaceutical manufacturing involves four principle operations. Each operation consists of a separate series of manufacturing steps called...
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Patent Law in Europe Discourages Embryonic Stem-Cell Research
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:02:00 +0300
The European Patent Office recently (Nov. 27/08) upheld their ruling that disallows patenting a process that uses human embryonic stem cells and requires destruction of an embryo. The Wisconsin Alumni...
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Ovary Transplant Marks Breakthrough in Fertility Research
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:58:00 +0300
On November 11, 2008, a healthy baby girl was born to a woman who received an ovary transplant from her twin sister; the first time an entire ovary was transplanted...
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Clues Found in the Study of Epigenomic Stability
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:03:00 +0300
There's new evidence implicating the role of siRNA in abnormal development of immortalized cell cultures. In a study published today, and led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (New...
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Do Stringent Quality Guidelines Drive BioProcess Design?
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:21:00 +0300
The biopharmaceutical industry is, by some definitions, the industry surrounding bioprocessing and the discovery, development and production of small-molecule drugs. These drugs are derived from living organisms as opposed to...
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