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Scientific breakthrough (28/12/2011)

GENOME MAPPED: Valuable to drug companies in developing personalised medicine for the Malay population of Southeast Asia.

RESEARCHERS at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) have successfully mapped the Malay genome, a scientific breakthrough which is expected to generate billions of ringgit for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

This quantum leap in the field of genomics paves the way for personalised or specific medicine ... Details

•  Alternative method for farms
•  Media coverage boosts biotech in the Philippines
•  Guangzhao looks to biofertilisers, organic veggies for new income streams
•  Turning pig waste to energy
•  Felda unit moving into advanced R&D activities

•  E. Coli Bacteria Engineered to Eat Switchgrass and Make Transportation Fuels
•  UPM seeks to turn waste into fertiliser
•  Turning waste into wealth
•  New form of life... on Earth
•  Research facility for Sabah forest

•  UPM comes up with 'mate' that's better than salt
•  One man's cloned meat is another man's poison
•  Cornsilk biscuits, anyone?
•  Padi baru mampu atasi masalah padi angin
•  New heat-tolerant beans released

•  'Invest 8pc of Malaysia GDP in healthcare'
•  A nemesis for Aedes
•  GM mosquito release only in 'safe' area
•  Concern over new AIDS surge
•  Drug raise sex drive, HIV cases

•  Need for creating awareness about CECA, says industry bigwig
•  TPM Biotech, AT Lab Partner to develop Cosmetics Ingredients Market
•  US’ Quintiles wants to partner Malaysian biotech companies
•  Malaysia to see RM500m biotech investments
•  Eyes trained towards home

•  Bio-XCell expects biotech park's key components to be ready by Q3 2012
•  Bio-XCell in talks with more potential tenants
•  Biocon planning RM500m facility
•  Big foreign firm set to invest RM1b in BioXCell
•  Bunge seeks palm plantations here

•  Scientific breakthrough
•  Scientists Develop Scalable Process for Synthesizing Diverse Taxanes
•  Alternate Ending: Living On Without Telomerase
•  Tiny antibody fragments raised in camels find drug targets in human breast cancer cells
•  New lupus drug gets nod

•  Herbal Industry To Grow At 15 Per Cent
•  Protective properties of green tea uncovered
•  Scientists put proteins right where they want them
•  Essential oils to fight superbugs
•  'Ginkgo biloba does not slow cognitive decline'

•  Science needs to be simplified and made part of culture
•  New agro-food policy
•  National biosafety board established
•  Full B5 implementation to be this year
•  Biodiesel scheme faces delay

•  Pacific Rim Summit to Highlight U.S.-Asia Partnership Opportunities for Biofuels, Renewable Chemicals
•  A shot in the arm for CSPO
•  Palm oil stocks drop in July while output and export increase
•  Biotech sector to contribute 5pc to GDP
•  Biotech sector on track to make up 2.5pc of GDP
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