BioJapan.de

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The main sources of information are:

NB - Nikkei Biotech, THE source of information about the Japanese biotechnology field, published twice monthly
NS - Nikkei Shinbun, the third largest Japanes daily newspaper (twice daily)
AS - Asahi Shinbun, second largest Japanese daily newpaper (twice daily)
YS - Yomiuri Shinbun, largest Japanese daily newspaper (twice daily)
NA - Nature, prestigious weekly science journal (Macmillan, GB)
SC - Science, prestigious weekly science journal (AAAS, USA)
PI - Primary Information: from non-print sources (presentations, conferences, etc.)
OT - Others

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Date format: YYMMDD. Thus, 000416NB.18 refers to an article in Nikkei Biotech on April 16, 2000, page 18
Number Format: Large numbers are given in scientific notation to avoid confusion between the European, American and Japanese way of counting: 1exp6 or 1 mio. = 1 million, 1exp9 = 1 billion (US), etc.
[Coment]: Feedback from readers and editorial comments are enclosed in square brackets
Key: Classifies the article's content. Cathegories are:

Agro - agrobiotechnology: Transgenic plants etc.
Asia - biotechnology in southern and eastern Asia, particularly Korea
Business - profits, expenditures, business aspects
Clinical - clinical tests and results
Facilities - new facilities
Genome - involving genome-wide analysis (DNA chips, SNPs, for example)
IT - information technology and bioinformatics
Microbiol - microbiology, eg. biodegradation
Perspectives - future outlooks and predictions
Products - commercila products, drugs
Proteome - protein analysis at large scale, i.e. proteomics methods
R&D - product development and commercially targetet research
Regul. - regulatory and administrative issues, patents
Science - scientific progress
VC - venture capital