Podcasts

Danny Levine of the Burrill Report conducted a podcast with BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood today on BIO's public priorities for 2010. Discussion topics include what happens next with national health care reform, biosimilars, patent reform, and biofuels. You can listen to the podcast on the Burrill Report website at http://www.burrillreport.com/article-2090.html.

Patient advocacy groups have many different roles.  They are educators, they provide a support system for individuals and families of people living with illness, they lobby for increased research, and are increasingly providing funding to biotech companies to encourage further research and development of promising, and potentially life-saving therapies.  At the 2009 BIO International Convention, we met with patients  and patient advocates to learn more about how advocacy groups are working together with biotech researchers to promote innovative research and creation of therapies that may one d

Novozymes is an international corporation that is creating industrial biosolutions through over 700 products designed to improve industrial performance and safeguard the world's resources.  During a trip to their Franklinton, North Carolina-based facility, we learned about their work to create more efficient and environmentally friendly laundry detergents through the use of industrial enzymes.

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Do you ever wonder if the medicine you're taking is really helping to make you feel better? What if your doctor had a way to tell you exactly which drug and what dosage would best treat your illness?  Dr.

Dr. Targan explains how the biotech industry is using the biology of taste to create healthier sweeteners, block bitter tastes, and help make unpleasant-tasting medicines more palatable.

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See what strides are being made in the field of stem cell research at Geron - a Menlo Park, CA based company currently working on stem-cell based treatments for heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, liver disease, and cancer, as well as a treatment for spinal cord injuries.  Watch and learn how these cells work, and what their promise could hold for the future of medical treatment.

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Dr. Targan explains how biotechnology is helping to improve the nutritional value of our food.  See what researchers are doing to increase levels of health-enhancing omega-3 acids in cooking oils.

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Join Dr. Yonathan Zohar as he takes us on a tour of the University of Maryland Center of Marine Biotechnology (COMB) in Baltimore, MD.  Scientists at COMB are working on ways to create new, advanced, and more sustainable aquaculture systems in hopes of decreasing the burden overfishing has put on our fragile ocean systems.

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