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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