CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The third day of the 2010 BIO International Convention, hosted by the Biotechnology Industry Organization, put special focus on food and agriculture biotechnology and the promise it holds to combat hunger worldwide. In addition, several industry reports were released, including Worldview 2010: Scientific American’s Regional Bio-Innovation Scorecard. Nearly 15,000 attendees from 48 states and 60 countries are expected to come to Chicago for the Convention, which brings together individuals from industry, academia and government who are working to bring forth biotechnologies to address health and medical, industrial and environmental and food and agriculture challenges.
