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Scientists discuss economics and the environment
A small audience of the general public listened to two of Australia's most prominent scientists discuss how the economic costs of trying to reach the 2050 carbon reduction targets of 60% would come at a very small cost to the wider community
[ + ]Stem cell screening facility to target brain tumours
An automated cancer stem cell screening facility has officially opened at the QBI. [ + ]
Fat-packed siRNA reduces ovarian tumours
Packaging siRNA in a liposome improves delivery to tumours. [ + ]
Leave it to the master gene
Peter Klinken and his team are studying key decision makers in blood cell differentiation and leukaemia. [ + ]
RNA chip on a platter
RNA microarray chip technology developed by the University of Queensland licensed to Invitrogen. [ + ]
Caspar the see-through fish
US scientists have engineered a transparent zebrafish - nicknamed Caspar - to view its internal organs and observe tumour metastasis and stem cell engraftment. [ + ]
New era in scientific debate for Australia
Industries and sectors wait with baited breath for revolutionary new policies to be announced, increases in spending to be determined and any policies that the old government had planned can generally be assured of being tossed out the window
[ + ]Demand for more DNA testing resources and facilities
Forensic testing for the New South Wales Police Force has reached a point where it has become so popular that it is reaching beyond facility and resource capabilities.
[ + ]More than just auditory cheesecake
Alan Harvey will discuss neurotrauma research, Cliff Richard and the role of music in the evolution of the modern mind at the ANS meeting this week. [ + ]
Marker for thymic stem cells identified
Scottish and Australian researchers have identified a protein marker for thymic and possibly pancreatic stem cells. [ + ]
How the Bindeez were busted
Biochemical geneticist Kevin Carpenter discusses how he helped tracked down the blip in the Bindeez beads. [ + ]
Opinion: The all-new adventures of Kev & Kim
It is with best wishes, an open mind and only a modicum of anxiety that we welcome the new era that swept Australia last November 24, when our collective soul dared to tear itself gently but firmly from the grasp of the elderly gentleman in the Wallabies tracksuit and hitch itself to the Kevin07 bandwagon. [ + ]
The man in the bat
The January/February 2008 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now. [ + ]
Tracking down HIV propagation
Genomic screen nets hundreds of human proteins exploited by HIV [ + ]
Ultra-fast fibre lasers, dopey photons... what's next?
When lasers were developed in the 1960s, they were a solution looking for a problem to solve. Since then, they have become an essential tool in industries as diverse as nanotechnology and biomedicine
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