Industry News
Mesoblast and Lonza partner to mass-produce stem cells
Lonza to manufacture commercial quantities of Mesoblast’s adult stem cells with an option for Mesoblast to buy purpose-built manufacturing facility. [ + ]
Insight into how chemotherapy causes low platelets
New research uncovering how chemotherapy reduces platelet count in cancer patients may lead to new strategies to prevent chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia. [ + ]
Researchers identify signals triggering dendrite growth
A study in worms that are less than a millimetre long has yielded clues that may be important for understanding how nerves grow.
[ + ]Gene ‘switch’ discovered for Type 2 diabetes
A single gene has been found to control the onset of Type 2 diabetes after eating a high-fat diet, lending hope that a new treatment might be found. [ + ]
Genomic insights into Aboriginal Australians and first human migrations
Two new studies have used genomics to show Aboriginal Australians are descendents of the first migration out of Africa around 70,000 years ago. [ + ]
Senate Committee rejects ban on gene patents
The Senate Committee tasked with reviewing the bill proposing the ban of patents on genes and biological materials has recommended the Senate not pass the bill. [ + ]
Feature: Dosing the poison
Associate Professor Martina Stenzel is developing polymer nanoparticles that can help target the effects of chemotherapy drugs on tumours while sparing healthy cells. [ + ]
PR: Nominations now open for State’s science awards
The State’s most prestigious science awards are set to be bigger and better in 2011 with more prize money on offer and three new award categories.
[ + ]Award winner ‘can count fish from space’
A young research scientist who has studied fish from outer space in order to help predict the future of our coral reefs and their fish stocks is this year’s winner of a prestigious science prize.
[ + ]Genetic link between schizophrenia and bi-polar discovered
Two landmark genetic studies have found 11 regions that are associated with both diseases, suggesting some common underlying causes. [ + ]
Achilles heel found in hepatitis C virus
A vaccine and treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) are closer with the discovery by Australian researchers of two fatal chinks in the virus’s armour. [ + ]
Prana trial gains interest from Huntington’s disease community
International Huntington's disease patients groups have expressed strong interest in upcoming phase II trials of Prana’s treatment. [ + ]
Nominations now open for 2011 NSW Science and Engineering Awards
NSW prestigious science awards are set to be bigger and better in 2011 with three new award categories.
[ + ]First gravity wave detector step closer to development
Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of the world’s first gravity wave detector.
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