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Volume 24 Issue 11, November 2006

Influorescence of a tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum L.). Chappell and colleagues divert carbon from the plastidic and cytosolic isoprenoid bio-syntheic pathways to engineer elevated sesquiterpene and monoterpene production in tobacco (p 1441). Credit: Patrick Robert/Corbis.

Volume 24 Issue 11

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News in Brief

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News

  • A single-minded focus on bringing scientific advances to patients has driven Anthony Atala's pioneering work in tissue engineering.

    • Kathy Aschheim
    News
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Data Page

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News Feature

  • For South Africa's sparkling biotech sector not to fizzle, it must win over risk-averse investors, exploit local strengths, focus on simple business models and look to the East. Sabine Louët reports.

    • Sabine Louët
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Commentary

  • Contrary to conventional thinking, there are compelling reasons for investors to consider early-stage life science ventures, especially in the context of a maturing biotech business 'ecosystem'.

    • Bruce L Booth
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Investors Lab

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Feature

  • An analysis of 105 mergers among small UK biotech companies over a 10-year period shows that the improvement of shareholder positions, rather than product pipelines or business opportunities, is the main motivation for such transactions.

    • Vanessa Maybeck
    • William Bains
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Patents

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News & Views

  • Artificial microRNAs show promise for combating viral infections in plants.

    • Juan Antonio García
    • Carmen Simón-Mateo
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  • Exploiting the subcellular compartmentation of plant isoprenoid metabolism boosts terpenoid production.

    • Harro J Bouwmeester
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  • Bacteria are taught to incorporate a key mediator of protein-protein interactions.

    • Hyeryun Choe
    • Michael Farzan
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  • A large-scale chemical genetic approach for systematically linking gene expression profiles with compounds and phenotypes offers promise for both basic and applied biomedical research.

    • John N Weinstein
    • Yves Pommier
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Commentary

  • To avoid duplication of effort, slow adoption and inefficiency in development, those developing biological standards need to communicate more with each other, attract help from experts in the ontology/standards communities and keep focused on needs of users.

    • Catherine A Ball
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Careers and Recruitment

  • Patent law offers opportunities for those who wish to leave the lab but not science.

    • Monya Baker
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