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Keyword - biotechnology

- Plasmonics: Surfing the wave - Premium content
  
  Small oscillations of surface electrons that manipulate light on the nanoscale could be the route to applications as disparate as faster computer chips and cures for cancer. Joerg Heber reports.
  
  7 October 2009
- Q&A: Taiwan's hopes for a biotech revolution - Premium content
  
  The president of the country's top research institute on growing the knowledge economy.
  
  10 July 2009
- Lawsuit puts flu-vaccine contract in doubt - Premium content
  
  Biotech company sued by creditors.
  
  30 June 2009
- Cancer drug hits setback - Premium content
  
  Results from early-stage colon cancer trial turn spotlight on recent acquisition.
  
  22 April 2009
- A synthetic-biology reality check - Premium content
  
  Is the abrupt closure of prominent player Codon Devices an omen for the field?
  
  15 April 2009
- Special Report: Cutting off cancer's supply lines - Premium content
  
  Targeting the blood vessels that feed tumours is not the silver bullet once hoped for, but refinements to the strategy may suggest further ways to treat the disease. Erika Check Hayden reports.
  
  8 April 2009
- Profile: Being Bob Langer - Premium content
  
  Running one of the biggest academic labs in America gives Robert Langer almost 100 people to help and advise; his BlackBerry gives him the rest of the world. Helen Pearson joins the throng.
  
  4 March 2009
- IN BRIEF: Graphic detail: Venture capital avoids bloodbath - Premium content
  
  Cleantech boom defies downturn.
  
  4 February 2009
- IN BRIEF: Roche launches hostile bid for Genentech shares - Premium content
  
  4 February 2009
- Pfizer to buy Wyeth in $68-billion deal - Premium content
  
  Drug giant chases stake in biologics.
  
  27 January 2009