Cold sore suppression
26 June, 2007
After the initial infection, the Herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) virus usually remains in the body, hiding out in nearby nerve cells where the victim’s immune defenses cannot reach it, causing no symptoms at all.
Breakthrough understanding of mitochondrial disease
22 June, 2007
Scientists at La Trobe University have made a breakthrough by discovering signalling problems in cells may be responsible for mitochondrial diseases, a set of rare and incurable conditions affecting thousands of people worldwide.
Alzheimer’s biomarkers
21 June, 2007
Scientists collaborating at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a panel of 23 protein biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid that acts as a neurochemical ‘fingerprint’, which doctors might use someday to identify patients living with Alzheimer’s disease.
Hot sounds
19 June, 2007
Led by physicist Orest Symko, a University of Utah group has turned heat into electricity through sound.
Students devise an oral rotavirus vaccine
19 June, 2007
A group of Johns Hopkins undergraduate biomedical engineering students have developed a rotavirus vaccine for infants that dissolves in the mouth like a popular breath freshener.
TB research wins Victorian medical award
05 June, 2007
Melbourne epidemiologist Dr Helen Cox has won the 2007 Premier’s Award for Medical Research for her work on drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
Contract facility to speed medical research
30 May, 2007
Australia's first preclinical contract R&D facility, TetraQ, was officially launched today to help speed the movement of medicines out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.
Staphylococcus aureus vaccine on track
29 May, 2007
Austrian company Intercell has announced the completion of the phase I study of its Staphylococcus aureus vaccine.
World’s largest ice sheet still appears stable
25 May, 2007
Scientists from New Zealand and Australia have used mountains as giant ‘dipsticks’ to analyse the history of the world's largest ice sheet.
A summit to clean up industry
23 May, 2007
Leading international scientists will join top Australian industry executives in a national summit, for three days commencing on 24 June, to discuss how to clean up and prevent future contamination.
Regional biotech on the world map
17 May, 2007
The Australian-New Zealand Biotech Alliance (ANZBA), in partnership with Invest Australia, has launched a web-based directory to promote the fast-growing regional biotechnology industry to the global market.
Federal funding for a medical research powerhouse
09 May, 2007
The federal government announced yesterday that it will back the development of a Brisbane-based major research centre, designed to test and produce new drugs for the medical industry.
Scientists discover new virus
24 April, 2007
Scientists have discovered a new virus that was responsible for the deaths of three transplant recipients who received organs from a single donor in Victoria, Australia.
Research unravels the secrets of salt and taste
24 April, 2007
New research into the molecular basis of salty taste has been released by the Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland.
Minority groups not genetically prone to diabetes
19 April, 2007
A study by Australian and US researchers is helping dispel the 40-year-old ‘thrifty genotype theory’ – that certain minority groups are genetically prone to diabetes.
