Industry News
QRxPharma advances with NDA for MoxDuo IR
QRxPharma (ASX:QRX) has completed its New Drug Application submission with the FDA, one of the last hurdles before being given regulatory approval. [ + ]
Turning mosquitoes against dengue fever
A bold new experiment has shown that controlled release of mosquitoes carrying a bacteria that prevents infection by dengue fever can be an effective control of the widespread disease. [ + ]
Feature: Genetics and the origins of modern cotton
Professor Jonathan Wendel is retracing the genetic changes to cotton that have occurred over more than 5000 years of domestication. [ + ]
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.
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