Though they don't expect their first Nevada client for a few more weeks, both Mark Weinreb, NeoStem's president, and Ivan Goldsmith, a Las Vegas internal medicine physician and medical director of NeoStem's Henderson office, believe there will be interest, even if the collection and storage have a hefty price tag. Though they don't expect their first Nevada client for a few more weeks, both Mark Weinreb, NeoStem's president, and Ivan Goldsmith, a Las Vegas internal medicine physician and...

Sunday, October 28, 2007 By Ted Roelofs The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS -- In fertility clinics nationwide, an estimated 500,000 embryos lie in liquid nitrogen limbo and beg a difficult question: Should these tiny cell clumps be used to research cures for everything from cancer to multiple sclerosis to Parkinson's disease? Or does that amount to destruction of human life? Sunday, October 28, 2007 By Ted Roelofs The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS -- In fertility clinics nationwide, an...

Efforts are on to move out from contract research and translational research projects to add value, according to Dr KK Narayanan, president, Association of Biotechnology Led Entrepreneurs (ABLE) and managing director, Metahelix Life Sciences Private Limited. Efforts are on to move out from contract research and translational research projects to add value, according to Dr KK Narayanan, president, Association of Biotechnology Led Entrepreneurs (ABLE) and managing director, Metahelix Life...

The company is in talks with pharmaceutical companies to supply its human micro-organism cell lines for production of biotechnology medicines. The Netherland-based Royal DSM, leading supplier of nutritional and pharma ingredients, performance materials and industrial chemicals, is planning to expand its Indian operations. The company, which has three manufacturing facilities in India, also caters to the automobile and electronic industries. We find huge growth opportunities in helping...

While the state touts its success in the biotechnology industry, there is still plenty of work to be done and that includes the recruiting of employees. North Carolina ranks third nationally in the number of biotech companies. Biotech includes a wide range of jobs and products from making medicine to alternative fuels, but some believe the biggest future lies in medtech companies that make products like implantable defibrillators. Biotech experts also believe the state needs to invest in...

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In addition, this decision is at clear odds with the environmental initiatives the President is introducing it is obvious that in choosing to ban biotech crops, he has failed to recognize the fact that agricultural biotechnology can significantly reduce agriculture s environmental footprint, and for over a decade has enabled farmers to be better stewards of the land. Not only is this ban a violation of European Union and international trade laws, it greatly infringes on the right of French...

The company was established in 2006 to commercialize a proprietary method for the isolation of stem cells from placental and umbilical tissues for use in basic research. Frederick is home to 37 of Maryland's 350 biotechnology companies, hence the need for a forum for like-minded individuals, Hardy said. A new Frederick biotechnology blog that began Monday is already up to 100 hits per day. Hardy received many compliments for beginning the blog, but what the project needs is for people to...

What are the cancer drugs of tomorrow and how will they be developed? At the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, researchers will present some answers to these and other pressing questions regarding emerging cancer therapeutics. What are the cancer drugs of tomorrow and how will they be developed? At the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, researchers will present some answers to these and...