Articles
BRCA time's up - GTG
GTG to enforce BRCA patents from November 6 [ + ]
Grow your own prostate
Prostate generated in mice from single adult stem cell [ + ]
Genetic Signatures signs up
Human Genetic Signatures in agreement with US molecular diagnostics company [ + ]
Invitrogen, AB postpone merger
Share slump and tax issues delay vote on Invitrogen-AB merger [ + ]
Genera’s low false negatives
Genera's HPV test outperforms HC2 in pilot trials [ + ]
La Trobe specs its mass
Four new mass spectrometers take up residence at La Trobe [ + ]
Regenerating science the ARMI way
The new Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) will officially open in Melbourne next year, modelled on the prestigious European Molecular Biology Laboratory. [ + ]
The science of point-of-care diagnostics
Economical, fast point-of-care diagnoses are on the cusp of reality. However, before these disposable lab-on-a-chip systems become part of every doctors’ repertoire in Australia, radical changes will have to be woven into the Medicare system and pathologists are unlikely to relinquish their monopoly on performing these tests willingly. In this article, ICT Results looks at how close to reality the science of point of care is.
[ + ]Virgin birth confirmed
Scientists have confirmed the second-ever case of a 'virgin birth' (scientifically known as parthenogenesis) in a shark, indicating once again that female sharks can reproduce without mating and raising the possibility that many female sharks have this incredible capacity.
[ + ]Testing for adulteration
As adulterated milk continues to ravage the health of Chinese babies, the question of why the milk wasn't tested for melamine raises its head.
[ + ]Laboratory Managers Conference 2008
The 2008 Laboratory Managers Conference will give laboratory managers and technical, scientific and facility managers the opportunity to keep abreast of the latest developments and issues and network with their peers.
[ + ]NuSep tries NxGen
NuSep to purchase NxGen for $25 million [ + ]
Macdonald to chair ASCC
Graham Macdonald named as ASCC interim board chair [ + ]
Pedal to the metal
A team from UTS is applying technology more traditionally used in forensic science to look at disease, imaging the trace metals in tissue samples in a new technique called elemental bioimaging. [ + ]
A man and his microscope
Sydney’s Centenary Institute purchased a new multiphoton microscope last year and used it to lure one of the world’s leading experts in intravital two-photon microscopy to Australia. [ + ]
