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Affy puts spotlight on cytogenetics
Affymetrix launches collaboration to explore the genetic causes of mental retardation. [ + ]
Career decisions for embryonic stem cells
As a fertilised egg develops into a full-grown adult, mammalian cells make many crucial decisions - closing doors of opportunity as they adopt careers as liver cells, skin cells or neurons.
[ + ]Discovering dementia's molecular structure
The Australian Synchrotron is due to open for general use later this year. The synchrotron will create beams of laser-like intense light that can be used for looking at materials in sub-microscopic detail and manufacturing small, precise materials
[ + ]Michrom Bioresources appoints ProteoMass
ProteoMass picks up new mass spec, chromatography agency [ + ]
The ins and outs of therapeutic cloning
Loane Skene will discuss the legal and moral debate over therapeutic cloning at an international meeting in Cairns next week. [ + ]
Big ideas, brilliant minds
Highlights of who's heading to Melbourne for the annual Deakin Lectures. [ + ]
High throughput sequencing from Roche
Roche installs a Genome Sequencer FLX system in Australia. [ + ]
Underwater living possible with clean energy
In an effort to prove that an adult could live underwater in an environmentally friendly way, Lloyd Godson developed and lived in the world's first self-sufficient, self-sustaining, completely submerged home
[ + ]Unnatural selection
In 2000-2001, the four-million-odd cows making the NZ dairy herd were screened for their milk composition by ViaLactia. One cow, Marge, was thoughtfully purchased for $300 when it was found that her milk was particularly low in saturated fat
[ + ]Stem cells: back to the future
As the NSW Parliament debates therapeutic cloning, the hunt for alternative sources of pluripotent stem cells is on. [ + ]
Beckman Coulter launches the RAPTRs
Beckman Coulter will introduce the new BioRAPTR and PicoRAPTR flying reagent dispenser (FRD) workstations to the Australian market later this year. [ + ]
Growing nerve cells in 3-D affects gene expression
When it comes to growing cells in a lab, technique matters. [ + ]
Pooling resources to improve siRNAs
US company Dharmacon, now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, achieved a major breakthrough in RNAi technology by reducing off-target events. [ + ]
Sensor technology
A sensor being developed by a Sandia National Laboratories research team is claimed to be able to simultaneously detect thousands of biomolecules on a single platform.
[ + ]Research or development?
According to a report released by the Department of Industry Tourism and Resources which was prepared by Antonio Balaguer, Steven Playford and Ian Tranter of the Innovation Division, R&D expenditure by industry is not a stable and predictable beast.
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