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Life Sciences Baltics 2014

During two days of September in Vilnius, a conference, exhibition and a B2B partnership event will bring together world-class biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical devices experts from all around the world. With a Nobel Prize winner dr. Kary B. Mullis among the speakers, key sectors of life scien... Read more

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Why You should choose Life Science?

Technologies that would support the diagnostics, improving treatment and extended life time are the future of medicine. That is why we should support life science and invest in biotech companies. Despite the material assistance for the scientists it gives them opportunity to develop new technologies ... Read more

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A, B, C – the alphabet of hepatitis

Hepatitis A is less severe and fully curable. Hepatitis B virus may cause harsh consequences, but there is a vaccine that help the prevention. HCV still remains the most dangerous type. The disease is silent and cause harsh effects in the liver and irreversible changes in liver. The Baltic Network in... Read more

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Connection has been made!

Brain functions remain the most fascinating but poorly understood area of human biology. Scientists from MRC laboratory in Cambridge have found a way to create and modify connections between neurons of a nematode in a highly controlled manner. Although this is just the first step, their work raises h... Read more

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Biotechnology sector in the Czech Republic

Concerning central Europe, the Czech Republic is one of the leading countries in biotechnology development with strong research institutes, attractive business environment and proper government and European Union support. It confirms that nations from this part of Europe are becoming equal partners f... Read more

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Europe: “GMO-resistant”

Countries all over the world, like USA, Brazil or China invest millions in development of genetically modified crops and widely place them on the markets. In contrast, Europe with the most stringent GMO regulations remains to be strongly skeptical about GMO cultivations. Is there any chance for chang... Read more

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Polish companies at BIO International Convention 2014

BIO International Convention 2014 in San Diego has attracted numerous companies and institutes that wanted to present their offers as well as start off new business partnerships. Dr. Anna Boguszewska-Chachulska, CEO of Genomed SA, describes how participation in such events is beneficial for Polish co... Read more

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"We are strong enough as far as we are united"

Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro and San Marino – European countries with populations smaller than 1 mln decided to cooperate in order to increase public health. The project is named Health 2020.... Read more

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Killing triple-negative breast cancer cells with virus

Triple-negative breast cancer is highly aggressive form of tumor, which cannot be efficiently treated with available therapies. Therefore, new approaches of its eradication are needed. Latest study reveals a potential of adeno-associated virus to effectively kill the cancer cells in mice.... Read more

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Cell therapy commercialization – challenge accepted

A recent progress made in the field of cell therapy was accompanied with a great promise for treatment of various diseases that nowadays are extremely hard to manage. However, after successful discoveries made in the laboratories all over the world, it is time to face obstacles that hamper its commer... Read more

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Central and Eastern Europe region for execution of bio-similar and bio-equivalent studies.

The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region has recently become a rapidly developing sector for life sciences. During this year BioForum meeting two representatives of KCR, European Clinical Research Organization (CRO) have presented a panel session „Advantages of execution of biosimilar and bioequi... Read more

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Green tea – a remedy for cancer?

One of the most commonly worldwide consumed beverages is tea. Still black tea is consumed most frequently, however, the green tea contains majority of natural bio-active chemicals beneficial for our health. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is an active compound of green tea that was used in studies ... Read more

Tags medicine , cancer , green tea , pancreas

Learn from the best – the exchange of experience in the project ETTBio

The ETTBio project aim is to develop an effective technology transfer in biotechnology. Ten partners from seven European countries take part in the project. Its main objective is the exchange of experience between the partners in the project.... Read more

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11th anniversary of World Blood Donor Day

This year's edition of World Blood Donor Day global event will be organized in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Under the slogan 'Safe Blood for Saving Mothers' the campaign aims for increasing the awareness about safe blood and blood donation, especially for saving pregnant women and preventing from maternal dea... Read more

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BioMatPol Company has an idea for production of nontoxic polymers

BioMatPol Company produces biodegradable polymeric materials. Their advantage is that during manufacturing process toxic tin catalysts are not applied. Therefore, they are safe for the human body. ... Read more

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"It were bacteria that first started the war!", Ada Yonath speech during BioForum 2014

Ribosomes are cell structures in which proteins are formed. By blocking ribosome active site, antibiotics are able to destroy bacterial cell. During BioForum 2014 Professor Ada Yonath has explained why this phenomenon is so important. ... Read more

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Opportunities and threats for central European life science sector.

During this year's BioForum event, one of the biggest events of the life science sector, the lectures are presented by icons of the global biotechnology sector. The speech about opportunities and threats for countries of Central and Eastern Europe was given by G. Steven Burrill – founder and CEO of B... Read more

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Quo vadis Poland? The perspectives. Part I

During BioForum2014 meeting a panel lecture "Quo vadis Poland? The perspectives. Part I." was presented by PhD Maciej Wieczorek, CEO of Mabion S.A. and Celon Pharma S.A. (Poland). The presentation briefly discussed position of Poland on the European bio business market together with indication of adv... Read more

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Epidemiology of infectious diseases in the region of Baltic countries

Epidemiology is a science that studies how does diseases develop and spread in a particular area and in a given population. Through the analysis of environmental factors and the occurrence of epidemics caused by diseases in a defined population , the epidemiology examines their occurrence frequency a... Read more

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ETTBio Project – that’s how you can learn from the others

The ETTBio (Effective Technology Transfer in Biotechnology) ... Read more