Industry News
Obesity-focused start-up attracts $7m MRCF investment
The MRCF has announced a $7 mllion investment in Cincera Therapeutics, a biotech company seeking to develop therapies targeting conditions relating to an unhealthy diet. [ + ]
Autoscribe launches in Australia
Software provider Autoscribe Informatics has launched in Adelaide, South Australia, to better service the needs of its current and future customers in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
Mice successfully immunised against multiple cancers
Injecting mice with iPSCs launched a strong immune response against breast, lung and skin cancers, as well as preventing relapse in animals that had tumours removed. [ + ]
Fluid intelligence supported by MD brain regions
New research suggests that the ability to think flexibly and to solve novel problems is supported by 'multiple-demand' (MD) brain regions. [ + ]
Can probiotics improve the health of young CF patients?
Dr Keith Ooi is set to conduct a major study to see if probiotics can improve the overall health and life expectancy of children with cystic fibrosis. [ + ]
Catching doped athletes in under 60 seconds
Canadian researchers have cut down the time required to analyse blood and urine samples from 30 minutes to 55 seconds. [ + ]
Strong growth reported for Australia's medtech sector
Australian jobs supported by the medtech, biotech and pharma sector increased by 10% from 2015 to 2016, while manufacturing exports increased by 30%. [ + ]
Dragonfly-inspired tools bust up bacteria
Researchers have revealed how dragonfly wings kill bacteria, with the help of very powerful microscopes. [ + ]
Immutep's lead product well tolerated in melanoma trial
Immutep's lead product has been found safe and well tolerated when combined with pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA) at doses up to 30 mg per subcutaneous injection. [ + ]
Drug shown to reverse alcohol-related brain damage
Researchers have identified a drug that could reverse the damaging impacts of heavy alcohol consumption on the regeneration of brain cells. [ + ]
Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices opens at UTS
Professor Dayong Jin will spearhead the institute's efforts to create small, stable, inexpensive devices for disease diagnosis that are as easy to use as smartphones. [ + ]
Electric fields + peptides = better implantable device integration
Researchers have made a discovery that could help implantable devices better integrate with the body, thus reducing risk of infection. [ + ]
Chemists challenged to help curb mercury poisoning
Mercury poisoning through artisanal and small-scale gold mining is increasing — but Dr Justin Chalker believes that chemists can provide cheap and effective solutions to curb the damage. [ + ]
Call to better record patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials
Researchers have recommended changes to the guidelines used in clinical trials, in an effort to gain information about the impact on the quality of life of participating patients. [ + ]
Broken immune pathway could cause inflammatory diseases
Scientists have linked diseases such as Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis to faults in a critical immune pathway that enables inflammation to continue unchecked. [ + ]
