Explore the Wonder

  • BioBytes: Industrial Enzymes
    With Dr. David Targan — Biotechnology is everywhere you look - even in places you might not expect.  Take a closer look at  your laundry detergent,  blue jeans, vitamins, or notepad.  Chances are, they contain or were manufactured with industrial enzymes.  Enzymes are found naturally in most living things.  And with the help of biotechnology, they are now being used in numerous applications... Read more

Spotlight On

  • Ohio Biotech – Established and Growing
    From George Goodno — Listen to the Podcast Interview Ohio is a national leader in terms of both bioscience employment and establishments. In fact the industry accounts for about 15% of the state’s total economic output. The entire medical device industry in Ohio has expanded significantly over the past five years, from polymer and other advanced material companies to product engineering firms, and down the supply... Read more

Perspective

  • Millions Around World to Observe Rare Disease Day
    From Mary Dunkle, The National Organization for Rare Disorders — On Sunday, Feb. 28, millions of people around the world will observe “World Rare Disease Day”.  This is an annual event sponsored in the U.S. by the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) and in Europe by the European Rare Disease Organisation (EURORDIS).  Read more

“These projects will help establish a domestic industry that will create jobs here at home and open new markets across rural America.”
— U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu

“Whether we’re talking about equity investment or traditional bank loans, access to capital has always been a major obstacle for small firms.”
— Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez, D-N.Y.

“As India grows its biotechnology capacity, part of its challenge will be to figure out how its brightest scientists and entrepreneurs can keep pace with the rest of the world as it simultaneously grapples with building its educational, transportation and public-utility capacities.”
— Jim Greenwood, BIO President and CEO

“Never turn down a dollar. I’ve heard very few people say, ‘Gee, we raised too much money.’”
— Jim Imbler, president and CEO of ZeaChem

“Foundations generally will come out and allow you to throw the Hail Mary pass, the Doug Flutie with Boston College or the 50-yard bomb. Without that, we’re nowhere.”
— Rudy Tanzi, lead researcher for the Alzheimer’s Genome Project at Massachusetts General Hospital

“It is an exciting time in agriculture as we work to meet the challenge of both feeding and fueling the world.”
— Bill Belden, member of the Council for Sustainable Biomass Production

“Our top priority is reducing backlog and addressing pendency concerns, and hopefully maintaining and increasing quality at the USPTO.”
— David Kappos, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

“Best Management Practices are a much more useful way to ensure that agricultural producers communicate more with their peers, rather than onerous and business-inhibiting regulation.”
— Brian O'Connor, Manager of State Government Relations for BIO

“Burdensome regulations on small businesses hurt our economy.”
— Rep. John Adler, D-N.J.

“Millions of people are waiting — some for a new treatment or a hoped-for cure, others for tools to enable economically and nutritionally sustainable food production, and nearly everyone for a more livable environment.”
— Jim Greenwood, BIO President and CEO

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