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VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 10, Oct-Nov 1994
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 1994)
Highlights : Re-examination of transgenic cotton patents
- Asia-Pacific Bio-Diversity Forum
- New waste degradation process
- First viral-vector vaccine approved
- Polymer-based oral drug delivery system
- Biological ...
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 23, Jan-Feb 1997
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 1997)
Highlights
-Australia-Malaysia S&T collaboration
-Memory drug from Indian herb
-Vaccine for brain cancer
-Gene therapy for cardiovascular disease
-Commercial biotech facility at space station
-Monitoring station for greenhouse
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 21, Oct-Dec 1996
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 1996)
Highlights
-Bio-engineering research centre in US
-Custom DNA chip synthesis
-Fish genes stimulate growth of salmon
-Canola based soap bars
-Bio-sweets from coconut water
-New blood test for cancer
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 16, Oct-Nov 1995
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 1995)
Highlights
-Canada approves transgenic canola
-Micropropagation technology parks in India
-Diagnostic tool for malaria
-Biocontrol insect bait
-Biotech raisin from tissue culture
-The genetically engineered rubber tree
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 37, May-Jun 1999
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 1999)
Highlights
-Enzyme to prolong life in worms discovered
-New assay for Haptoglobin developed
-Gene governs iron uptake
-Hormone vaccine to fight cancer
-Biotech battles pollution
-Chip factory cleans up water pollution
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 8, Jun-Jul 1994
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 1994)
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 66, Mar-Apr 2004
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 2004)
Highlights
- Biotech hub in Malaysia
- Cloned embryos yield stem cells
- New genomics tool boosts diabetes research
- Designer mice yield heart-friendly nutrients
- Enzymes stitch together non-standard DNA
- India develops ...
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 69, Sep-Oct 2004
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 2004)
Highlights
- New mammalian "clock gene" discovered
- Link between hypertension and diabetes
- Stem cells stop mice going blind
- Tool for toxicological studies
- Largest virus proteome unveiled
- Mystery of sterility of ...
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 70, Nov-Dec 2004
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 2004)
Highlights
- India-Denmark cooperation on biotech research
- New generation recombinant human insulin
- Completed human genome sequence described
- Vaccine against cervical cancer
- Human protein chokes cancer
- Animal ...
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 67, May-Jun 2004
(UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of TechnologyBiotech Consortium India Ltd., 2004)
Highlights
- Shared gene switch for all plants found
- Crohn’s disease gene isolated
- Bumper compendium of human genes released
- Self-assembling proteins to repair human tissue
- Anti-aging enzyme target found
- GM ...