Building vaccines through Biotech...

Yes, I`ve been away for a while. I know. It`s not likely to get any better anytime soon, either. I`m busy with some political stuff in Ottawa, Canada for the foreseeable future.

Anyway, I`ve said it, others have said it... the future of the new economy is in biotechnology. New advances in biotechnology will affect everything from the food we eat, the medicine we take, the cars we drive to the fuel that powers them.

And as if to provide proof: Scientists think they have discovered a vaccine to the infamous bird flu. And it`s not going to be generated in chicken eggs, but built through genetic engineering.

The benefits are multiple - quicker turnaround time, the ability to modify the vaccine further to fight new strains, and ease of scale-up.

It`s a whole new world out there, folks.