Tap wealth of local products emerging to fight ‘neglected’ diseases of poor: study
McLaughlin-Rotman Center for Global Health 3 Nov 2009 Experts propose ‘Global Health Accellerator’ to help new drugs, diagnostics, vaccines reach […]
Biotechnology
Health biotech firms with developing country partners better postitioned to innovate, prosper
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 9 Sep 2009 Lower manufacturing, clinical trial, R&D costs of developing country partners equal major
Cool new tools let public contribute to massive interactive online biodiversity encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 23-Aug-2009 Over 30,000 still images and video, as well as local information about
“Designer Wheat” Research Breakthrough Wins Grade 10 Saskatchewan Student, 16, Top Honour in National Biotech Competition
Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 6-May-2009 Genetic research by a 16-year-old Saskatchewan student that
DNA barcoding of mosquito species deployed in bid to end elephantiasis
JRS Biodiversity Foundation Philadelphia, USA 29-Apr-2009 First use of DNA barcoding in war against a major world disease New biotechnologies
Biotech Scientists Team with Curators to Stem Decay of World’s Art, Cultural Heritage
United Nations University Programme for Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC), Caracas, Venezuela 8-Feb-2009 The growing relationship between scientists and curators
Biomarkers in blood could aid diagnosis of crippling, often fatal forms of malaria
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Dec-2008 Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that
Ottawa high school student’s “flu glue” wins national prize
Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 7-May-2008 Health Canada’s preliminary test of student’s findings ‘encouraging’
China’s Health Biotech Industry: An Asian Dragon is Growing
McLaughlin Rotman Centre for Global Health University of Toronto / University Health Network 7-Jan-2008 Government funds innovation but venture capital
India’s biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health / Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy 9-Apr-2007 India’s health biotech firms are emerging