1. Japanese Biotech Takara Buys BD's Clontech Unit for $60M (from July 5)
2. Invitrogen is First Licensee Under ABI's 'Expanded' PCR Licensing Program (from July 5)
3. SGX Awarded $48.5 Million from NIH for Protein Structure Initiative Efforts (from July 4)
4. Castell to Retire from GE Healthcare; French Joins Sirna; Nanosphere Hires Shipp; Cash, Gene Codes Awarded Humanitarian Citation; and Others (from July 6)
5. Blue Heron to Supply Genes to Venter's New Synthetic Genomics Company (from July 7)
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