Dmitry Morozov featured in Nature Biotechnology
Read the article Article lead-in Forget everything you know about biotech venture creation-this is Russia! And Dmitry Morosov is one of a new breed of entrepreneurs ready to create a new type of Russian biotech.
Novelos Therapeutics in Collaboration with Shriners Hospitals to Confirm Positive Data in Acute Radiation Injury
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CIMIT-Russia Avian Flu Team Honored: Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation Daily Business News (MA)
At the CIMIT Annual Briefing held this week, John A. Parrish, MD, Director, announced the recipients of the Edward M. Kennedy Award for Healthcare Innovation. Senator Kennedy spoke to the audience of 150 via a taped message to congratulate the team and CIMIT for its work. The award went to the CIMIT Russia team that [...]
BII Avian Flu Surveillance System in Russia Finds H5N1 in Siberian Birds
The avian influenza surveillance system which PTR’s BII team has been working to develop over the past 18 months yielded its second and more significant findings last week, when Russian scientists from the State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR) found a new strain of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in samples that were [...]
NPR: Russian Scientists Join Effort to Track Avian Flu
Full NPR Story All Things Considered, March 28, 2005ยท A group of scientists from Russia makes a U.S.-sponsored visit to American influenza labs this month to learn more about tracking emerging flu viruses. As concerns rise over avian flu, experts hope the Russians will contribute to the understanding of how killer flu viruses spread.
Russians join U.S. bioterror program
An article posted by the Sacramento Bee. (Free registration required.) Monterey Institute enlists ex-Cold War scientists with a focus on peace. By Edie Lau — Bee Science Writer Published 2:15 am PST Sunday, March 20, 2005 MONTEREY – It’s a long way from the sunlit classroom on the California coast where Gennadiy Lepeshkin is learning [...]
Indiana Star: Lilly’s good works know no boundary
Firm’s staff aids Russians converting weapons program to drug discovery labs. Read the article Link no longer available
BII in the news
Articles about BII and its activities: Swords To Plowshares Wired News – “Weapons Makers Turn to Medicine” Russian scientists and biotechnical experts visit UCSC U. S. – Russia: BioIndustry Initiative New Collaboration to Reduce the Threat of Bioterrorism Russian Scientists Help Combat Bioterrorism Through BioIndustry Initiative New Collaboration to Reduce the Threat of Bioterrorism MEDIA [...]
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