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January 2012

Jan 31
Scientists grow Alzheimer's cells for the first time – could lead to treatment breakthrough
Jan 31
UC-Davis uses RNA from stem cells to block Huntington's disease protein
Jan 30
Pfizer gets FDA approval of kidney cancer drug InlPfizer gets FDA approval of kidney cancer drug Inlyta (axitinib):
Jan 30
Bill Gates: Countries must embrace high-tech agriculture
Jan 30
EPA finds palm oil biodiesel doesn't meet minimum GHG reductions
Jan 30
Roche wins landmark FDA approval for drug (vismodegib) targeted at most common skin cancer
Jan 27
Amgen will buy Micromet for $1.16 billion
Jan 27
Illumina resists Roche bid with shareholder-rights plan
Jan 27
Biotech barley successful in initial year of trials
Jan 27
ZeaChem gets U.S. loan guarantee for biofuel refinery
Jan 27
U.K. chief scientist supports use of biotech crops
Jan 27
Cargill upbeat on 2012 sales of coconut oil, animal feed
Jan 27
Fiberight expects loan guarantee approval in about six months
Jan 25
Roche Announces $5.7 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid for Illumina
Jan 24
United Kingdom Works to Keep Its Edge in the Biotech Field
Jan 24
England and Japan develop salt-tolerant rice, a post-tsunami need
Jan 24
GrassRoots Biotechnology seeks to develop hardy switchgrass for biofuels
Jan 24
Iowa State University Article - From Basic Science to Combatting Hypoxic Tumors
Jan 23
Amgen, Biogen Idec and Momenta Pharmaceuticals get ready to compete in biosimilar markets
Jan 23
Researchers at China’s Xiamen Innovax Biotech create world's first hepatitis E vaccine
Jan 23
Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa satisfies majority of users, survey finds
Jan 23
Iowa cellulosic project moves closer to securing $25M loan guarantee
Jan 20
Thesis Chemistry to build Iowa biorefinery using stover lignin
Jan 19
Bacteria for Biofuel?
Jan 19
Renewable Energy Group stock to begin trading today
Jan 19
Report: Stem cell market could reach $1B this year
Jan 19
University of Minnesota researchers on the cusp of a diabetes cure
Jan 19
"Nourishing gene" discovery could improve corn yield
Jan 18
Constellation Pharmaceuticals signs $95M epigenetic deal, buyout option with Genentech
Jan 18
Vilsack outlines U.S. plan to support production of aviation biofuels
Jan 18
Renewable Energy Group Tests U.S. IPO Market in First Deal of 2012
Jan 18
Bayer Plans 2012 Filing for Regorafenib Following Positive Phase III mCRC Trial Results
Jan 18
Krishidhan Seeds working on biotech seeds for dry lands
Jan 17
Ventana, Bayer Reach CDx Development Deal
Jan 17
BASF stops biotech crop development for Europe, transfers unit to U.S.
Jan 16
Aurora Algae: Making it happen in the Never-Never
Jan 16
Half of incentives went to biofuel firms
Jan 16
282 child-specific drugs are in the pipeline
Jan 16
Turkey's OK of corn seen by some as new openness to biotech
Jan 16
Embria Health Sciences wins Investment in the Future Award presented by Nutrition Business Journal
Jan 13
BIO, ASTA developing guidelines on biotech trait patent losses
Jan 13
Mascoma, Codexis Closing in on Commercialized Cellulosic Biofuels
Jan 13
3-way deal seeks to develop companion test for Pfizer's Xalkori
Jan 13
Canadian consul general says ethanol imports from Iowa rising fast
Jan 13
ADM to end production of corn-based plastic in Clinton, Iowa
Jan 12
Stem cell transplant helps University of Hawaii employee with 3 autoimmune disorders
Jan 12
Maine board allows two new biotech corn products from Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Jan 12
Demand for E85 in Midwestern states rose in 2011, per Iowa Renewable Fuels & American Lung Association
Jan 12
Canaan Partners to invest $200M in biotech firms
Jan 12
Illinois approves biodiesel blending
Jan 11
The Pill That Could Cure Depression by Growing Your Brain
Jan 11
Refiners face up to $6.8M in fines for failure to use cellulosic fuels
Jan 11
Illumina, Life Technologies Add Genome-in-a-Day Machines
Jan 9
Bristol agrees to pay $2.5B for antiviral maker Inhibitex
Jan 9
Performance Plants Inc. lands deal with Bayer
Jan 9
Feed Energy Company Earns Safe Feed, Safe Food Recertification
Jan 9
Maryland stem cell companies advance therapies for diabetes, depression
Jan 9
EIA: Ethanol production pushed to new high last week
Jan 6
Johnson &Johnson launches new Sundown packaging, made from sugarcane ethanol
Jan 6
Federal Judge Finds California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Unconstitutional
Jan 6
Biotech's Glass Half Full for 2012
Jan 6
Fewer biotech companies held IPOs last year
Jan 5
Monsanto earnings soar on South American sales
Jan 5
Ethanol industry sees a victory in caucus results
Jan 5
TransBiodiesel enzymes unlock value in fast-food waste
Jan 4
Iowa's biodiesel production tripled in 2011
Jan 4
USDA recommends approval of Dow's herbicide-tolerant corn
Jan 4
Cellular treatment reverses aging in mice
Jan 4
Exemplar Genetics Receives Funds From IEDA
Jan 3
Biomarker test can measure risk, severity of heart attack
Jan 3
Experts say farming practices may have caused biotech corn resistance
Jan 3
Nigerian government has signed a $2.55 billion development deal with Global Biofuels
Jan 3
Scientists at Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont Business, are making major breakthroughs in the area of plant genetics
Jan 3
Corn and soybean prices continue to rise
Jan 3
Institute streamlines E. coli production of fuel
 
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