Industry News
Nanopore sequencing licensed for rapid DNA sequencing
Roche and Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) have agreed to license several technologies to develop a new DNA sequencing system.
[ + ]Going green: Life Scientist of the Year
Associate Professor Min Chen from The University of Sydney has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year. [ + ]
Into the pits: clathrin inhibiters licensed to UK biotech
The CMRI, University of Newcastle and Freie Universitaet Berlin have licensed their newly-developed clathrin inhibitors to Ascent Scientific in the UK. [ + ]
International Food Safety Training Laboratory opens
Waters Corporation, FDA and University of Maryland have opened the International Food Safety Training Laboratory.
[ + ]Experimental DNA vaccine gives full protection against herpes
Coridon has announced the results of a pre-clinical animal study of new DNA vaccine showing 100% protection against herpes simplex virus 2. [ + ]
Melanoma gene discovery may improve diagnosis and treatment
Four new genes associated with melanoma susceptibility have been uncovered, revealing insights into skin cancer and raising the prospect of improved diagnosis and treatment. [ + ]
QUT research finds high cost in grant funding decisions
The scientific health and medical research projects which receive government funding in any given year rely, to some extent, on 'chance' according to recent research by a Queensland University of Technology expert in health economics.
[ + ]Feature: Small is big in drug delivery
Good things really do come in small packages, and they don't come much smaller than the nano-containers being developed by Frank Caruso's team in Melbourne. [ + ]
Biotron kicks off trial of novel HIV treatment
Proof-of-concept human trial of HIV drug BIT225 has commenced, with results expected in the first quarter of 2012. [ + ]
Vegenics files for IND for anti-cancer drug
Circadian subsidiary, Vegenics, has submitted investigational new drug (IND) application for anti-cancer drug VGX-100. [ + ]
Fat’s proteomic fingerprint sheds light on Type 2 diabetes
A proteomic analysis of fat cells has lent insight into the role of insulin, providing potential targets for future Type 2 diabetes treatments. [ + ]
Discovery of insulin switches in pancreas could lead to new diabetes drugs
Scientists have discovered how a hormone turns on a series of molecular switches inside the pancreas that increases production of insulin.
[ + ]Winning research funding roulette can come down to chance
Health and medicine research funding is costly and somewhat random, with chance playing a large role in determining who receives research funding and who doesn’t. [ + ]
Researchers sequence complete genome of cynomolgus monkey
A team of researchers from Roche reported in Genome Research that they have generated the first draft genome sequence of the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis).
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