This week brought a flood of new videos on or about biotech.  From popular culture to politics to secondary school here’s the pick of the week.

THE REAL STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES – Were you at the movies this weekend?  Were you one of the hundreds of thousands of people that watched the movie Extraordinary Measures?  Well for the real story of John Crowley watch this “featurette” on the MovieFrontier YouTube Channel.

GOT DRAMA? If not the easiest way to find it is to check out an anti-GMO video.  There are tons of them out there.  Here’s the latest from the JustSayNo2GMO.  The “doomsday” message is out of sync with truth of the green revolution and the growing needs of a hungry planet.

OUR NEWEST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR.  We’re talking Governor Robert F. McDonnell who highlighted the importance of the Biotechnology industry in his first “State of the Commonwealth” address to the Virginia General Assembly, January 18, 2010. He specifically notes legislation by Delegate Sam Nixon (HB 523) and Senator Mark Herring (SB 428) to create a capital gains tax exclusion for bioscience investment.

A CURE FOR LUNG CANCER? A possible breakthrough in dealing with one of the most deadly cancer’s in the world is why a lot of people — including the folks at Boston.com — are excited about biotech firm Novelos.

FACEBOOK AND THE IOWA FARM BUREAU. Bring to you the Iowa Farm Bureau minute and Dr. Bill Neibur.

DR. TARGAN’S DOUBLE FEATURE. In this latest edition, BIO’s Dr. Targan explains biosimilars. Dr. Targan  explains the complex nature of biologics and the steps that need to be taken by Congress and the FDA to ensure that biosimilars are safe and effective while ensuring the continued development of cutting-edge medicines. And this time he’s introducing all of us to one of our good friends and favorite organizations, The Biotech Institute.  Check out the latest installments in the latest edition of BioDigest. 

YOUR OWN BIOTECH TV STATION. More biotech companies are doing it.  Check out NovozymesTV.  Everything you wanted to know about Novozymes and using biotech to develop alternative fuels.  All in HD.

A HIGH SCHOOL BIOTECH LOVE STORY. We always like to highlight work done in secondary schools. This is an animated short created with the students from Atkins High School in Winston Salem, NC.   According to them “the goal was to bring young kids closer to biotechnology as well as the inner world of the cell, by giving a personality to different organelles. In this case, Mr. Twist who in reality is the Kinesin biomotor, falls in love with DNA girl who lives inside the nucleus, and invites her to leave her nucleus home behind for a world full of adventure out in the Cytosol”

YOUR BIO CONVENTION CONCIERGE. Well, not exactly.  But if you need help or time-saving tips on preparing for the BIO convention check out this video from our sponsors at BIO.