YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. "Biotechnology" Scientific and Research Institute CJSC of the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development is participating in the grant program on studies of antibacterial and antiallergic properties of lactic-acid bacteria as food additives under the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) program, in which the institute's partners are scientific institutions engaged in the same field in Russia, France, Bulgaria, Egypt and Azerbaijan, NT correspondent was informed by Gayane Avetisova, scientific secretary of "Biotechnology". In her words, the three-year grant program was launched in October 2006. It allows "Biotechnology" to improve the antibacterial medication synthesized at the institute by using information provided by the scientific institutions cooperating with "Biotechnology" under the indicated program. Based on this medication, the institute obtains additives which are used in poultry-keeping and pig-breeding enterprises of Armenia as preventive substance. Besides, these additives are used as a preservative on the biological basis at enterprises of food industry. According to G. Avetisova, training of young scientists is done within the framework of the program. 4 Armenian post-graduate students are also undergoing training at 2-3 month courses in Bulgaria and France.

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