biotech

New vaccines employing biotech innovations are changing the way we prevent illness.  Dr. Targan explains how biotech researchers are discovering new ways to prevent illnesses such as HPV, hepatitis-B, meningitis, and even the flu through new and improved research, manufacturing, and delivery mechanisms.

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BIOtech Now’s Tracy Krughoff talks to Dr. Kim Hunter-Schaedle, Chief Scientific Officer of the Children’s Tumor Foundation, which is dedicated to ending neurofibromatosis through research.

We issued a late breaking call for sessions for the 2010 BIO International Convention today. Open for 4 Days  - Due Thursday, February 4th http://tinyurl.com/yej8j8c To respond to requests for recent and timely session topics, we are accepting six new late-breaking sessions for the 2010 BIO International Convention.

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

Biofuels is big in Iowa. So big in fact, that according to domesticfuel.com

“Iowa State University will get $8 million of a $78 million U.S.

What do pandas, bantengs, and panthers have in common?  Their populations have all been assisted by biotechnology.  Whether endangered, or unhealthy due to a lack of biodiversity, advances in biotechnology - including animal cloning and assisted reproductive technologies, have helped these animals, and many others, to increase their populations, become healthier, and enjoy a more genetically diverse environment.

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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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"As Congress has moved to overhaul the health care insurance industry in America, I've been struck by some of the myths put forward by opponents of the effort that have gained traction: death panels, government takeovers of health care, free care for illegal aliens and so on.