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Simple tips for avoiding ‘information overload’
Today's scientists find they struggle to keep up with the information overload of our modern IT age. With a constant flow from multiple modes of communication, a plan to prioritise needs to be put in place.
[ + ]Feature: At the DNA vaccine vanguard
Ian Frazer and his team are pursuing an ambitious strategy to produce a DNA vaccine against herpes simplex virus 2. [ + ]
Feature: The challenge of a herpes simplex vaccine
Herpes simplex virus type 2 has managed to evade vaccine strategies to date, although DNA vaccines might finally offer a solution. [ + ]
Feature: Inside DNA vaccines
A radical new type of vaccine is on the horizon, one that uses the body’s own cellular machinery to provoke a comprehensive immune response. DNA vaccines offer many advantages over conventional vaccines. [ + ]
Feature: Lab managers must take can-do attitude
Lab managers need to avoid being too risk averse when working to accommodate researchers’ needs. [ + ]
Feature: To be a lab manager
Keeping a life science lab running smoothly and safely has become an increasingly complex and demanding task. [ + ]
Danaher to acquire Beckman Coulter for US$6.8 billion
US technology company, Danaher, is to acquire Beckman Coulter in a deal worth US$6.8 billion. [ + ]
Why astrobiology gives hope for cancer therapy
Astrobiologist Charles Lineweaver on the implications on cancer research of his recent paper suggesting cancer cells are like early multicellular life. [ + ]
Feature: Free radical
Dr Uta Wille bridges the gap between chemistry and biology and is bringing her unique insight to bear on the role played by free radicals in damaging DNA. [ + ]
Report card highlights Australia's research strengths and weaknesses
The Excellence in Research for Australia 2010 report shows that Australian researchers produce world class output in immunology, quantum physics and history, but fall behind in other areas. [ + ]
Feature: Developing a genetic therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Professor Steve Wilton presented the results of a recently completed clinical trial on a promising new genetic therapy for patients with muscular dystrophy at the AH&MR Congress. [ + ]
How viruses hoodwink the immune system
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have revealed a cunning mechanism employed by viruses that interferes with the function of dendritic cells. [ + ]
Feature: Cancer is a lean, mean, epigenetics machine
Susan Clark’s team at the Garvan Institute is revealing the complex epigenetic mechanisms that allow various cancers to stifle cellular defences. [ + ]
Training bacteria
A Delft University of Technology researcher, Jean-Paul Meijnen, has ‘trained’ bacteria to convert all the main sugars in vegetable, fruit and garden waste efficiently into high-quality environmentally friendly products such as bioplastics.
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