A team from the University of Valencia placed third in this year's International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. More...
 Investigation Alliances in Spanish Laboratories on the Rise
Spanish companies, Ferrer, Laboratoris Leti, Oryzon, Cima and Ingenasa, have formed Oncochip, an Economic Interest Partnership. The $29.3 million initiative has been presented to the 2009 call of the science department's Cenit Program, funding industrial I+D projects. Spain's Science Department could subsidize up to 40 percent of the initial budget. More...
Roche Signs Agreement to Collaborate on Medical Genome Project
Roche, world leader in in vitro diagnosis and pharmaceutical products, has signed an agreement to collaborate with Spain's Department of Health of Junta de Andalucίa on the Medical Genome Project (MGP). The company will contribute approximately $6 million to the MGP, an investigation project created to identify and analyze the genome in people with rare diseases and study their behavior. More... |
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WATER TREATMENT & DESALINATION
Spain and IDB to Finance Water Projects
Spain and the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) will collectively make a $100 million donation/loan to finance water management projects in under-developed communities in rural, urban and periurban areas of Guatemala. More...
The Spanish government recently loaned $12 million to Nicaraguan national water and sewerage utility, Enacal, to improve potable water and sewerage conditions in the Nicaraguan municipality of Boaco. In a press release, Enacal stated this 18-month project will benefit more than 50,000 citizens of Boaco. More... |
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