Politics
Mendocino County voters will decide March 2 whether to ban genetically modified organisms.
Jan. 12, 2004
Business
Many say L.A. and Orange counties can build on the strength of their world-class education, medical and research centers. Investors are waiting for the right opportunity.
Oct. 11, 1999
For most of the 15 years since the term biotechnology burst into the public consciousness, the “industry” has been little more than hype and hope.
Feb. 3, 1990
The Future Is Then: The future of the biotechnology and telecommunications industries--and their importance to California’s economic development--will be discussed Tuesday at a gathering of business, science and political leaders in Los Angeles.
Oct. 30, 1995
Miracle cures and cheaper, healthier food are on the horizons of biotechnology, but for companies able to cope with the regulatory patchwork of the embryonic industry the future holds huge earnings.
Jan. 22, 1989
When Genentech Chief Executive Kirk Raab listens to President Clinton unveil his landmark health care reform proposal Wednesday evening, he hopes the President will have changed his mind about one thing: government price controls.
Sept. 18, 1993
Opinion
As the Great Recession decimated U.S. job growth, one sector continued to thrive: biotechnology.
Feb. 25, 2015
Science & Medicine
The phone call that changed Thomas Glaze’s life came from his attorney in September, 1986.
Dec. 4, 1988
* Henry Miller’s column regarding the regulation of biotechnology-derived plants (Commentary, Sept. 23) recycles erroneous ideas that he has peddled for over a year now.
Oct. 8, 1996
Technology and the Internet
Noting falling prices for biotechnology stocks, executives of San Diego-based Viagene in March scrapped a $25-million stock offering, froze hiring and shelved some of the company’s AIDS research until it can raise money elsewhere.
June 7, 1993