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Synbio News • 06/14/09
CAS Launched China’s Science and Technology Road Map up till 2050
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched its series report “Technological Revolution and China’s Future-Innovation 2050” on June 10, 2009 in Beijing. The report produced a road map for China’s science and technology development till 2050. AzoNano.com
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Synbio News • 05/29/09
New Rules for Biosecurity
Biosecurity regulations are back on the table again, and revised policies could have broad implications for the entire scientific enterprise. In response to an Executive Order by President Bush on 9 January 2009, an interagency working group is reviewing all U.S. laws and regulations governing the conduct of research with biological materials that are potential security threats—so-called select agents.… Science
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Synbio News • 05/21/09
‘Junk’ DNA Has Important Role, Researchers Find
Scientists have called it “junk DNA.” They have long been perplexed by these extensive strands of genetic material that dominate the genome but seem to lack specific functions. Why would nature force the genome to carry so much excess baggage? Science Daily
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Synbio News • 05/21/09
iGEM: bio-Lego for big kids
Synthetic biologists are a lot like children playing with Lego. But while a child uses plastic blocks to construct elaborate creations, synthetic biologists use genes and DNA to build new organisms and bacteria that create vaccines and biofuels and cure diseases… Gauntlet News
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Synbio News • 05/21/09
Genome Alberta Funding Launches $22M Genomics Studies
The government of Alberta and private funders have given C$25.2 million ($22.1 million) to two new research programs that will study genomics to discover new ways to use microbes in energy production and new uses for plants in medicine and in industry, Genome Alberta said today… GenomeWeb News
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Synbio News • 05/20/09
First Jatropha Genome Completed by Synthetic Genomics Inc. and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology
Synthetic Genomics Inc.and Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology (ACGT), today announced completion of a first draft, 10X assembly of the jatropha genome…. prnewswire
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Synbio News • 05/20/09
Jay Keasling Receives Inaugural Biotech Humanitarian Award
BIO Honors Pioneer in Synthetic Biology Transforming Treatment of Malaria, Approach to Biofuels…. Business Wire
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