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BIOTECHNOLOGY A new biotech brain drain? Singapore is spending billions to lure top scientists from the U.S. and Britain. By Craig Simons INTERNATIONAL STAFF Sunday, July 02, 2006 SINGAPORE - Asia long has been known as the source of some of America's most brilliant scientific minds. For decades, the brain drain from East to West caused leaders in this region to fret about the future. But in the emerging realm of biotech, the trend has reversed. Craig Simons INTERNATIONAL STAFF To attract scientists, Singapore's government has invested more than $300 million to build Biopolis, a 500-acre biotechnology development park. The zone has laboratories, day care centers, bars and a fitness center. The government plans to spend $7.5 billion on biomedical sciences over the next five years. PROVIDED BY GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE As countries such as the United States shy away from stem cell research, work goes on in other nations. Researchers work in a sequencing and cloning facility at the Genome Institute of Singapore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn