17.10.07 London – British scientists could create the country’s first interspecies embryos by the end of the year, after the Government’s fertility watchdog approved the work in principle. Two teams seeking to fuse human DNA with empty...
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24.09.07 London – The UK has established the National Industrial Biotechnology Facility in Wilton as a testbed for developing cleaner and more sustainable biotech-based processes to replace traditional methods for manufacturing chemicals....
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24.09.07 Manchester – John Hutchinson, a key figure at Vernalis, one of Britain’s bestknown biotech companies, resigned at the beginning of September to take up a new job at Renovo. The Manchester University spin-out is currently one of...
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24.09.07 The biotechnology industry is attracting ever increasing public attention. Yet, despite the high potential, the developmental and managerial decisions facing young firms within the industry are often extremely challenging. They...
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24.09.07 London/New York – Individualised medicines are getting ever closer. At the end of August, the US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, added information to the label of BristolMyers-Squibb’s Warfarin about how different genotypes...
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