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A biomedical researcher says that some of the same chemicals found in diesel fumes and cigarette smoke are also found in the tar balls produced as a result of the oil spill, and he is worried about the effect they will have on the health of clean-up workers and wildlife.

A team of researchers will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters of bacteria, that could pose a threat to the health of astronauts. The Micro-2 experiment is scheduled to launch into orbit on May 14 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) has been launched, consolidating three major sequence resources to become Europe’s primary access point to globally comprehensive DNA and RNA sequence information. The ENA is freely available from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), a part of European Molecular Biology Laboratory.

Medical breakthroughs from using existing drugs in new ways await discovery—if manufacturers have an incentive to pursue them. A story in the health section of this week’s New York Times was a classic example of an item whose importance …

… an investor that’s focused on biotechnology start-ups won’t contemplate your request for later-stage funding for expansion of the semiconductor firm….Provided the rigorous expectations, most venture funding goes to corporations in rapidly expanding industries this kind of as technology, biotechnology, and life s ciences….

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… hich covers the biotechnology, healthcare and / or pharmaceutical fields in the UK and abroad….

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A large share of the assets of this health fund, at least 80%, are invested in equity securities of biotechnology companies and discovery research firms worldwide, i…For the third quarter of 2009, the health fund outperformed its Lipper Health/Biotechnology Funds category average and its performance benchmark, the Russell 3000Health C…Franklin Biotechnology Discovery A (FBDIX) seeks long term capital growth.


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