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biotron

(bī′ə-trŏn′)
n.
A climate-control chamber used for studying a living organism's response to specific environmental conditions.
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biotron

Companies, Biotron
(1) An Australian drug development company.
(2) A company in India which supports the biotech industry by selling reagents and kits for molecular biology, drug discovery molecular diagnostic.
(3) A US company that develops, designs, produces, sells and markets diagnostic reagents.

Ecology
A chamber used for biological experiments in which environmental conditions can be completely controlled, allowing researchers to evaluate the effects of external changes on test organisms.
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* The report provides brief overview of Biotron Limited including business description, key information and facts, and its locations and subsidiaries
These benefits are likely to improve BIT225's overall data package and make Biotron and its programs more attractive to potential global pharmaceutical partners.
Since the completion of the clinical phase of dosing with BIT225 in August, samples have been analysed and the resultant data has been subject to preliminary review by the independent Data Safety Monitoring Committee, Biotron said.
Seven marker-positive and seven marker-negative breeding lines as well as resistant and susceptible controls were chosen for late bright evaluation in the Biotron greenhouses.
Tsyan designed a device (Tsyan biotron) and developed methods of therapy, rejuvenation, and the regulation of human immune responses.
Thus, in 1970, as Argentina's sole representative to Venice's XXXV Biennale, I showed a very complex work I called Biotron. It had four thousand bees inside with access both to natural gardens outside and artificial flowers in a separate Plexiglas box.
FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu University said early Thursday that a laboratory at its Biotron Institute lost a bottle containing about 15.06 grams of arsenic compound, enough to fatally poison up to 100 people.
Biotron Limited (ASX:BIT) has commenced a human trial of its lead HIV drug candidate, BIT225, to further demonstrate its ability to reduce HIV loads in HIV-infected reservoir cells.
Controlled environment rooms at the University of Wisconsin Biotron were used for acclimating and freezing plants.
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