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  Continued Growth of Biotech Crops Worldwide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Biotech maize was planted on 19.3 million hectares (23% of global biotech area), up substantially from 15.5 million hectares in 2003, sharing the highest growth rate with cotton at 25%, which follows a 25% growth rate in biotech maize in 2003.
Biotech maize is projected to have the highest percentage growth rate in the near term.
Biotech cotton was grown on 9.0 million hectares (11% of global biotech area) compared with 7.2 million hectares in 2003.
www.ctahr.hawaii.edu /gmo/ContinuedGrowthofBiotechCropsWorldwide.htm   (926 words)

  
 Biotech Food Myths, Misconceptions and Misinformation -- A Response to False Activist Claims   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Unlike conventional or organic crops, biotech improved pest resistant crops have, from the beginning, been marketed with stewardship programs in place to forestall the evolution of the type of pest resistance scientists have in fact seen with conventional and organic crops.
IF pollen from biotech crops has carried DNA from biotech improved varieties into Mexican landraces, it is because the landrace stewards have continued their age-old practice of importing foreign genetic material as a source of new variation to use in improving the ever dynamic and evolving manmade corn varieties.
It is disingenuous to oppose the use of biotech improved food crops for producing medical or industrial substances, while condoning the use of canola.
www.agbioworld.org /biotech-info/articles/agbio-articles/GMmyths.html   (2368 words)

  
 Biotech Benchmarking Association
Biotech Benchmarking Association™ is dedicated to the analysis and improvement of business processes in the biotech industry.
Membership is open to individuals employed as permanent employees of companies in the biotech industry.
The scope of membership is open to individuals employed as permanent employees of companies in the biotech industry.
www.biotechba.com   (620 words)

  
 Biotech Acres
Biotech acreage jumps 11 percent in 2005, according to ISAAA report.
Biotech farm crops around the world in 2005 grew by 11 percent over the previous year — the 10th straight year of double-digit increases, according to a new report from the nonprofit International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).
Its biotech soybean area increased 88 percent to 23.2 million acres in 2005.
www.whybiotech.com /index.asp?id=1808   (741 words)

  
 TheStreet.com: Will Earnings Pull Biotech Out of the Summer Doldrums?
The American Stock Exchange Biotech Index outperformed the broader Nasdaq Composite with a 30% gain in the second quarter, but June was a cruel month.
Biotechs, like their larger pharmaceutical brethren, are relatively immune to a slowing economy.
The company is expected to post a profit of 19 cents per share in the second quarter, down from 30 cents per share during the second quarter last year.
www.thestreet.com /stocks/biotech/1485135.html   (1164 words)

  
 ific.org : More Than 4 Million Resource-Poor Farmers Benefit From Biotech Crops in 2001 (NewsBite)
The report projects the total acreage of crops grown with the help of biotechnology (biotech crops) throughout the world in 2001.
Biotech soybeans were the principal biotech crop in 2001, occupying 63 percent of total acreage, followed by biotech corn (19 percent), biotech cotton (13 percent) and biotech canola (5 percent).
ISAAA is optimistic that the total number of farmers benefiting from this technology will continue to grow in 2002, as will the total acreage of biotech crops grown around the world.
www.ific.org /foodinsight/2002/jf/biotechcropsnbfi102.cfm   (275 words)

  
 SEE Biotech Ciggs
Gene-altered soy, the most common biotech crop, can be sprayed with weedkiller without killing it.
Company officials say there is no danger of contaminating conventional tobacco because the biotech version is grown and handled separately from conventional crops.
The department says there is little chance the biotech crops could become weeds or otherwise damage the environment.
www.biotech.wisc.edu /seebiotech/ciggs.html   (677 words)

  
 Biotech drug sales surge 17 percent in 2005 - Feb. 23, 2006
Biotechs and generics were outpacing Big Pharma even before the Jan. 1 implementation of the new Medicare coverage.
But biotechs are not so vulnerable to patent expirations.
Biotech products, which are crafted with the use of microorganisms and DNA, are far more difficult to emulate as generics than the comparatively simple molecular compounds that serve as the basis for most Big Pharma drugs.
money.cnn.com /2006/02/23/news/companies/drug_sales   (961 words)

  
 BIOTECH: Homepage
It covered the period from December 1994 to December 1998, and was one of the three specific programmes implementing the Life sciences and technologies domain of the Fourth RTD Framework Programme.
BIOTECH 2 aimed to improve our basic biological knowledge of living systems and to increase productivity in a sustainable fashion, with respect to applications in agriculture, industry, health, nutrition and the environment.
BIOTECH 2 projects and research results (1994-1998) are available on this website (see menu to left).
cordis.europa.eu /biotech/home.html   (237 words)

  
 Biotech
Like Drytech, Sytech, and Infotech, Biotech is one of the main pillars on which galactic technological civilization rests.
Biotech includes everything from simple agriculture and domestication through genetics and organ transplants to DIY gengineering, neogenics, biospherics, mature bionanotechnology and beyond.
In the eight and a half millenia since the first crude attempts at gene-splicing on Old Earth, literally trillions of species of bioengineered organisms have been created, or have evolved from gengineered neogens.
www.orionsarm.com /tech/biotech.html   (559 words)

  
 BIOTECH Project: Biotechnology Education Outreach (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In January 1996, University of Arizona developed the BIOTECH Project to provide technical support for Arizona teachers to conduct molecular genetics (DNA science) experiments with their students.
The BIOTECH Project, currently directed by Dr. Nadja Anderson, has been successful in raising students’ and teachers’ interest in and awareness of molecular genetics by partnering with teachers to engage their students in a hands-on approach to understanding biotechnology.
The BIOTECH project consists of three components: professional development workshops for teachers, classroom visits for modeling hands-on biotechnology activities, and extensive materials support for teachers to carry out biotechnology experiments independently.
biotech.biology.arizona.edu.cob-web.org:8888   (346 words)

  
 TIME Digital 2002 | Biotech Finds the Formula - 05/27/02
The European biotech landscape is littered with similar frustrations.
The emergence of biotechnology — which uses a combination of life sciences, high technology and innovative research to drive progress and profits in health care — is prompting European institutions and governments to adopt a more businesslike approach to research.
Now 72, he has launched a biotech company in Paris called Diatos [from the Greek for pierce] to commercialize his latest advances that deal with transporting medicines directly into living cells.
www.time.com /time/europe/digital2002/biotech.html   (1122 words)

  
 Biotech Sweden - The largest biotech newspaper in Scandinavia
The next issue of Biotech Scandinavia promises to be yet another packed edition full of news stories, profiles and features on some of Scandinavia's leading researchers and companies.
Biotech Scandinavia is distributed free to all paying subscribers of Biotech Sweden.
Biotech Sweden, 1 year subscription, 11 issues: only 695 SEK.
biotech.idg.se   (478 words)

  
 HeraldNet: Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This is a good reminder again of just how few biotech firms actually have made money, let alone on a regular basis.
Biotechnology is quietly playing a larger role in an apparel industry waking up to its customers' concerns about the environment and the country's reliance on foreign oil, which is used to create inorganic fabric such as polyester and nylon.
Canyon Park, of course, is the center of Snohomish County's biotech cluster.
www.heraldnet.com /blogbiotech   (2709 words)

  
 Technorati Blog Finder: biotech
Biotech www.baxterbiopharmasolutions.com - Baxter BioPharma Solutions offers pharmaceutical contract manufacturing with state-of-the-art clinical and commercial capabilities, lyophilization, cytotoxic; fill syringe, cartridge, vial.
Providing news and commentary on science and politics and the tumultuous areas where these dynamic fields overlap, while seeking to open up a dialogue on the proper role of science in an ever changing society.
Biotech Stocks www.fool.com - Free report with rocket stock picks from The Motley Fool.
technorati.com /blogs/biotech   (538 words)

  
 Biotechnology news: biotechnology, life science, genetics, genomics, proteomics. Corante.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Biotech trade group launches nonprofit to aid Third World
Biotech industry funds bumper crop of UC Davis research
Reports on the launch of a new nonprofit institute, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation and called the BIO Ventures for Global Health, whose mission will be to work with biotechs to deliver drugs and vaccines to developing countries.
www.corante.com /biotech   (458 words)

  
 Biotechnology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While there do seem to be a small number of efficacious drugs, in general the Biotech revolution has not happened in the pharmaceutical sector.
However, recent progress with monoclonal antibody based drugs, such as Genentech's Avastin (tm) suggest that biotech may finally have found a role in pharmaceutical sales.
Biotech and bioterror: a global dilemma Znewz1 report based on congressional testimony and National Academies reports
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biotech   (1593 words)

  
 Biotech 2004: Home
RTP, NC Biotech 2004, now in its 13th year, celebrates the state's flourishing life sciences industry, fueled by pioneering companies and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
Come see for yourself why North Carolina is widely considered one of the biotech industries top five economies in the world.
Discover North Carolina's world-class biotech business climate with keynote speakers Leroy Hood, Steve Burrill and Ralph Snyderman AND don't miss panel sessions featuring more industry experts.
www.cednc.org /conferences/biotech/2004   (112 words)

  
 Biotech News
Biotech news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
An influential government advisory panel recommended on Wednesday that Americans 60 and older get vaccinated against shingles, an excruciatingly painful rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.
Biotech drugmaker ImClone Systems Inc. said Wednesday that it named financier Carl Icahn as its new chairman and reported its third-quarter earnings rose 85 percent_ results that far exceeded analysts'...
www.topix.net /business/biotech   (745 words)

  
 Biotech, Biotech Employment- BioSpace.com
BioSpace is the world's leading life science and biotech information Web site with over 1.5 million unique monthly visitors.
Site content includes information on the biotech, pharma and also medical device and diagnostics industries.
Biotech employment has been a focus of BioSpace.com for over 10 years and we strive to list the best jobs from hundreds of different life science companies.
www.biospace.com /biotech-employment.htm   (186 words)

  
 San Diego Source > Special Reports
Reinforcing the strong performance in the capital markets in the third quarter, the biotech industry raised almost $10 billion in financings and partnering, according to Burrill and Co.'s Quarterly Biotechnology Report, which tracks the ongoing performance of the biotechnology industry.
The Centient Biotech Investor, a newsletter for investors in public and private biotechnology companies, has announced its Centient Top 10 Biotech list, identifying the ten companies it believes will outperform the biotechnology sector as a whole over the next twelve months.
Where the local biotech real estate market is concerned, year-to-date 2005 leasing activity has been healthy, evidenced by a diminishing number of opportunities for space under 20,000 square feet.
www.sddt.com /BioTech   (1527 words)

  
 Biotech Applied
Biotech Applied looks at the practical applications of biotechnology - including drug development, the use of bacteria in industry, biotechnology on the farm and at the dinner table (the issue of genetically modified foods), the use of DNA forensics, and strategies for introducing biotechnology into the classroom.
European Attitudes - Agricultural Biotech - Even in 1994, Europe was nervous about genetically modified foods.
Biotech Applied (this page) links to Green Genes, a discussion of genetically modified food, and Biotech Chronicles includes From Corned Beef to Cloning, an account of the beginnings of recombinant DNA technology.
www.accessexcellence.org /RC/AB/BA   (944 words)

  
 Council for Biotechnology Information
Studies show biotech corn is less susceptible to harmful molds.
Ethanol made from biotech corn yields more environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline.
A blight-resistant biotech potato could boost yields, reduce spraying and improve farmer incomes.
www.whybiotech.com   (265 words)

  
 SGM Biotech, Inc. - The Biological Indicators Company
SGM Biotech, Inc. is the only company in the world dedicated solely to the manufacture and development of biological indicators.
SGM Biotech, Inc. is pleased to announce the introduction of its new dry heat sterilization product, the DriAmp™ Culturing Set with proprietary Releasat® medium.
SGM Biotech, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of its EZTest® propylene oxide (PPO) self-contained biological indicator (SCBI) for use in monitoring and validating propylene oxide gas pasteurization of almonds, nuts and other dry food products.
www.sgmbiotech.com   (405 words)

  
 TheStreet.com: Notebook: Alliance Loses Its Biotech Analyst
The brothers have brought in an impressive management team: Garen Bohlin, the former financial chief at the first-generation biotech concern Genetics Institute, is CEO.
Also, portfolio managers may think it's easier to sell than to pay attention to the stock once the analyst monitoring it leaves.
The Agouron (AGPH:Nasdaq - news) deal was quite a coup for PaineWebber, which advised the biotech in its negotiations with Warner-Lambert (WLA:NYSE - news).
www.thestreet.com /stocks/biotech/691928.html   (846 words)

  
 About the BIOTECH Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The BIOTECH Project was started at the University of Arizona in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology with funding from the Flinn Foundation.
Nadja Anderson is the director of the BIOTECH Project in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona.
She is very excited to be devoting her full time effort to science education with the BIOTECH Project.
biotech.biology.arizona.edu /AboutBIOTECH/AboutBIOTECH.html   (384 words)

  
 IFCNR - BIOTECH WEBSITE
Whether the goal is to force out biotech foods, meat consumption, or shut down shrimp farms, the idea that imposing a tax to alter diets should be examined with great scepticism.
Greenpeace claims a report it funded and that was researched by its advisor in China shows biotech cotton is bad for the environment.
The Insititute for Agriculture and Trade Policy is a leading voice against biotech hybridize crops.
www.biotech.ifcnr.com /news.cfm?ArticleTypeID=2   (1781 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Biotechnology
Report touts California biotech even as profits remain elusive: California remained biotechnology's favorite place of business last year as other states unsuccessfully tried to woo a disease-fighting industry that has yet to turn a profit, according to a report issued Thursday by an industry booster.
Biotech company Gilead buys Myogen for $2.5 billion in cash: Gilead Sciences Inc., a manufacturer of drugs for HIV, announced plans Monday to purchase Myogen Inc. for about $2.5 billion in cash, signaling its growing interest in developing pulmonary drugs.
GPC Biotech shares surged more than 50 percent on Monday as its most important drug proved successful in cancer tests, boosting its sales prospects and providing a rare piece of good news for the German biotech sector.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/biotech/index.html   (1895 words)

  
 BioTech Sage Report/Home Page Biotechnology Stocks;
The Wong's BioTech Stock Report is the only biotech newsletter that explains recent developments in light of underlying technology.
The BioTech Stock Report looks beyond short-term successes and setbacks because we know that in the long run good technology wins the biotech game.
In this section, the companies are broken down by the amount of risk that is in general risk increases as market cap decreases.
www.biotechnav.com   (691 words)

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