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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. David Agus of the University of Southern California’s Westside Prostate Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. His research focuses on the application of proteomics and genomics for the study of cancer and the development of new therapeutics for prostate cancer. Dr. Agus also is one of the judges for the Biotechnology Humanitarian Award, which will be given at the 2010 BIO International Convention.

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http://www.bio.org/podcasts/agus.wma

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.

BIOtech Now’s Tracy Krughoff talks with Steve Perrin, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of the ALS Therapy Development Institute, which is one of the advocacy organizations presenting at the upcoming BIO CEO & Investor Conference, being held Feb 8-9 in New York City.

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http://www.bio.org/podcasts/pe

BIOtechNow’s Tracy Krughoff talks to Dr. Louise Perkins, Chief Scientific Officer at the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation is one of the advocacy organizations presenting at the upcoming BIO CEO & Investor Conference, being held February 8-9 in New York City.

Listen to the podcast here:
http://www.bio.org/podcasts/MMRF.wma

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.

On November 4th in Mumbai, I visited Reliance Life Sciences which represents a huge investment in biotech from one of India’s largest and most well known companies.  Whil

This week BIO’s own Farmer Gene writes about a Marketplace interview with Stuart Brand, original founder of the Whole Earth Catalogue, which offered readers a vision of returning to the land in order to live sustainably.

Farmer Gene writes,
“Brand has recently published a new book, The Whole Earth Discipline, which tackles climate change using a somewhat different tone, and gives eloquent praise to biotech agriculture.

You've probably heard the term "pandemic" a lot in the news today.  What you might not know is that biotechnology researchers are working to create new vaccination options to help stop the next big pandemic before it starts.  Join Dr.