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What are stem cells, what could they do - and why are investors wary of putting their money in them? A lay guide to the technology

A Swiss team has developed a reliable blood test for younger, live cows. Now it is looking for investment to develop a test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

Investing in technology that's a few years from commercialisation can be tricky. Lori Valigra finds out how some venture capitalists sort the wheat from the chaff.

On inventive Californians, technology transfer, how to approach the business press, and other insights into R&D management.

A British pharmaceutical distributor, Beckpharma Ltd., said it licensed two Cuban healthcare products to sell in Europe as part of a broader effort for trade links.

"Scientific work … must be done for itself, for the beauty of science." Marie Curie, chemist & physicist (1867 - 1934)

It has been six years since a French biotech company made a stock market debut – and now two, BioAlliance and ExonHit, are doing so. Is the European market reawakening?