http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/ News, commentary and analysis of the life sciences and the biotechnology business en-US 2011-04-09T11:20:04-05:00 typepad/IgBKhttp://feedburner.google.com http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2011/04/eyes-grown-from-stem-cells-the-scientist-magazine-of-the-life-sciences.html Two ES cell-derived optic cup formed by self-organization in 3D culture. Green color is fluorescence of GFP protein that was engineered to mark retinal tissue.Image: M. Eiraku and Y.Sasai at RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology via www.the-scientist.com Steven S. Clark, PhD 2011-04-09T11:20:04-05:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2011/02/dfa-awarded-3m-for-agriculture-test-development-genomeweb-daily-news-dxpgx-genomeweb.html By a GenomeWeb staff reporter via www.genomeweb.com Non-profit firm Diagnostics for All today said it has received a two-year, $3 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Department for International Development to develop inexpensive agriculture... BioScience Biotechnology News Steven S. Clark, PhD 2011-02-28T10:47:38-06:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2011/01/federal-research-center-will-help-develop-medicines-nytimescom.html The new effort comes as many large drug makers, unable to find enough new drugs, are paring back research. Promising discoveries in illnesses like depression and Parkinson’s that once would have led to clinical trials are instead going unexplored because... Steven S. Clark, PhD 2011-01-24T11:08:51-06:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2011/01/how-the-vaccine-crisis-was-meant-to-make-money-deer-342-bmjcom.html More news about the disgraced researcher who published a fraudulent paper purporting to show a link between vaccines and autism. He tried to profit from the fake science. BioScience Ethics News Steven S. Clark, PhD 2011-01-13T09:09:53-06:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2011/01/a-different-kind-of-cleantechclean-genome-e-coli-wtn-news.html In order to make a better biofactory, University of Wisconsin Genetics Professor Frederick R. Blattner and his colleagues developed Clean genome® E. coli, an engineered bug from which all mobile genetic elements have been deleted. BioScience Biotechnology Steven S. Clark, PhD 2011-01-06T07:13:51-06:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2010/12/senate-spending-bill-would-boost-nsf-nih-budgets-scienceinsider-1.html A Senate spending panel has crafted a 2011 federal budget that would give several science agencies increases that are close to their requested levels. But it's too soon to celebrate. BioScience News Politics Steven S. Clark, PhD 2010-12-24T11:13:15-06:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2010/12/urgent-please-help-us-stop-senator-tom-coburn-from-blocking-sbir-again.html So, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is trying to block the SBIR contintuing resolution.....again! Read more below from the SBIR Coach. via campaign.r20.constantcontact.com Biotechnology News Politics Steven S. Clark, PhD 2010-12-21T16:34:02-06:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2010/12/stem-cell-therapy-holds-promise-for-epileptics-san-antonio-express-news.html Stem cells taken from the brain of a 13-year-old girl were transplanted into newborn mice and developed into a variety of brain cells almost identical to the animals' own — a procedure that someday could be used to replace the... Steven S. Clark, PhD 2010-12-08T15:02:11-06:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2010/10/weekly-nih-funding-opportunities-and-notices-.html Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices Grant opportunities Steven S. Clark, PhD 2010-10-26T15:36:53-05:00 http://stevensclark.typepad.com/bioscience_biz/2010/09/weekly-nih-funding-opportunities-and-notices--1.html Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices Grant opportunities Steven S. Clark, PhD 2010-09-14T11:08:13-05:00 http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/