Industry News
A call for ideas for The Australian Innovation Challenge
The Australian Innovation Challenge is now open to both individuals and teams in a range of professional categories and one general public category.
[ + ]R&D Tax Credit clears Senate
The much-debated and long-delayed R&D Tax Credit has been given the go-ahead by the Senate, although it still needs to go through the House of Representatives for any amendments. [ + ]
World’s oldest fossils reveal earliest life on Earth
Fossils discovered in Western Australia show life in its earliest form: primitive sulphur-eating bacteria that lived 3.4 billion years ago. [ + ]
Trial of xenotransplantation treatment for diabetes kicks off in Argentina
Living Cell Technologies has begun a trial of its xenotransplantation therapy for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes in Argentina. [ + ]
QIAGEN and Pfizer partner to help beat lung cancer
QIAGEN and Pfizer partner to develop companion diagnostic for novel compound in global clinical trials for lung cancer.
[ + ]Opinion: Patently absurd
The move to ban biological patents will undermine the very intention of the Bill to protect innovation and research into potentially life-saving technologies, says AusBiotech CEO Anna Lavelle. [ + ]
UWA and Agilent to create plant protein monitoring database
The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Agilent Technologies have announced that the Australian Research Centre’s Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, located in UWA, will use Agilent’s informatics systems in its research to build the world’s first plant protein monitoring database.
[ + ]Tiny genetic error responsible for hereditary cancer
A single hereditary error in DNA can cause a key anti-cancer gene to switch off, giving a greater risk of developing cancer. [ + ]
Cattle tick vaccine a step closer
Australian scientists believe they may be a step closer to finding a cattle tick vaccine that could save the national cattle and dairy industries approximately $175 million per annum and reduce the need for pesticides.
[ + ]Technology tethers free radicals
A new platform technology may be used in areas as diverse as disease detection through to biofuel production.
[ + ]Desalination work finalist at Eureka awards
A new kind of material that could be used to make the desalination of seawater much cheaper has made Associate Professor Ben Corry a finalist.
[ + ]Scientists open new 'window' into the brain
A new finding into the human brain may help scientists understand states such as sleep, epilepsy and anaesthesia.
[ + ]Cleaning up the world starts in Adelaide
CleanUp 2011 will be held at the Hilton Adelaide hotel in Adelaide, South Australia, from 7-15 September 2011.
[ + ]Cell-based alternative to animal testing
An alternative to animal testing, laboratory-grown human cells may be used to classify chemicals as sensitising, or non-sensitising, and can even predict the strength of allergic response.
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