Compiled by Bill Beggs Jr. For inclusion in tech talk: Please e-mail your tech information as a press release to: meg@sggdesign.com The monthly technology column featuring timely tech trends, tips and updates. European Union to Approve Sugar Beet Co-Developed by Monsanto Co. The first of this year’s applications for genetically modified crops that will be approved by the European Commission is a sugar beet called H7-1, according to Scientific American. The beet was engineered to resist glyphosate-containing herbicides. German plant breeding company KWS SAAT AG worked jointly with Monsanto on the project. Genetics Policy Institute Honors Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures has received the 2007 National Grassroots Advocacy Award from the board of the Genetics Policy Institute. The coalition was recognized for its efforts to promote ethical stem-cell research, which scientists say is essential for developing cures to diseases including Parkinson’s, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. The coalition’s efforts were key to passing the 2006 Missouri Stem Cell Amendment. Monsanto Co. Completes $21 Million Data Center Monsanto’s new data center on the west side of its Creve Coeur headquarters campus will provide global IT support for growing data analysis needs in all aspects of the firm’s business. The 40,000-square-foot center houses the network that supports functions from analyzing data collected for molecular breeding to processing a customer’s seed order information. Construction of the building began early in 2006. Monsanto officials anticipate receiving Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED) certification for the building next spring. Kereos and RiverVest Bet on Nanotech Therapies to Improve Cancer Diagnosis, Care Kereos Inc., backed with about $20 million from RiverVest Venture Partners, is seeking to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment through nanotechnology, says The Wall Street Journal. RiverVest is confident that tiny instruments will drive big advances in cancer care. Investors are looking at companies that use nanotechnology—the manipulation of matter on the scale of the nanometer, a billionth of a meter—to create therapies that destroy tumors and spare healthy cells.

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