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		<title>Assembly Approves Pro-Biotech Budget Amendments</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia General Assembly returned to Richmond on May 14 to vote on more than 100 amendments submitted by Governor Robert McDonnell to the $85 billion FY 2013-2014 biennial budget approved by the state legislature last month. By the close of the marathon session that stretched into the early ...]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Bio Executive Director Mark Herzog to Depart June 1 for New Position</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Biotechnology Association, the statewide trade association for the life sciences industry in the Commonwealth, today announced that long time Executive Director, Mark A. Herzog, will be departing his post effective June 1, 2012. After nearly twelve years as the head of Virginia Bio, Mr. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Finalists selected for Virginia HealthCare Innovators Awards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Bio would like to congratulate the finalists for the 2012 Virginia Healthcare Innovators Awards. Winners will be announced at a live awards luncheon on June 7, 2012, held in conjunction with the Virginia Health Care Conference at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. The purpose of ...]]></description>
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		<title>New National Bioeconomy Blueprint Unveiled</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Obama Administration announced its commitment to strengthening bioscience research as a major driver of American innovation and economic growth. The National Bioeconomy Blueprint outlines steps that agencies will take to drive the bioeconomy—economic activity powered by research and ...]]></description>
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		<title>VABIO Members Meet Capitol Hill Leaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than a dozen leaders from the Virginia bioscience community traveled up to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, April 25, for the 2012 BIO “Fly-In” on Capitol Hill to meet with members of the state’s Congressional delegation. “It is essential for our elected representatives and their senior ...]]></description>
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		<title>HHMI Seeks Investigators through National Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) seeks to appoint up to 30 new biomedical researchers through a national open competition. The initiative represents an investment of approximately $200 million in basic biomedical research by the Institute. HHMI invites applications for investigator ...]]></description>
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		<title>VT Scientist Discovers Tuberculosis Amino Acid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent discoveries by a Virginia Tech biochemist could lead to a more effective drug design to combat the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis infection. Spread through the air from one person to another, tuberculosis is responsible for approximately two million deaths per year, worldwide, and the ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Recent discoveries by a Virginia Tech biochemist could lead to a more effective drug design to combat the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis infection. Spread through the air from one person to another, tuberculosis is responsible for approximately two million deaths per year, worldwide, and the ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>VABIO Unveils New Logo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Virginia Biotechnology Association, the board is very excited to announce the new look for Virginia Bio. The new graphic design was unveiled at the April 18 Virginia Bio &#8220;Beer &#038; Biotech&#8221; event at the X Lounge in Charlottesville. &#8220;The ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Virginia Biotechnology Association, the board is very excited to announce the new look for Virginia Bio.
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		<title>NIH Training Program Answers Biomedical Research Need</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although veterinarians are uniquely qualified to conduct biomedical research in the field of comparative medicine, most do not pursue research careers, partly due to a lack of training opportunities. The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine has received a five-year, $1.06 ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Although veterinarians are uniquely qualified to conduct biomedical research in the field of comparative medicine, most do not pursue research careers, partly due to a lack of training opportunities. The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine has received a five-year, $1.06 ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>U.Va.  Honors Robin Felder with Top Innovator Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.Va. Innovation has named Robin A. Felder its 2012 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year. The highest honor bestowed on a U.Va. innovator, the award recognizes an individual or team each year whose research is making a &#8220;major impact.&#8221; Felder will be honored April 24 at U.Va. ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[U.Va. Innovation has named Robin A. Felder its 2012 Edlich-Henderson Innovator of the Year. The highest honor bestowed on a U.Va. innovator, the award recognizes an individual or team each year whose research is making a &#8220;major impact.&#8221; Felder will be honored April 24 at U.Va. ...]]></content:encoded>
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