Industry News
Genome of potential bacterial factory sequenced
Scientists sequence genome of the N2-fixing, soil-living bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii. [ + ]
Clinuvel awarded orphan drug status by EU
European Medicines Agency grants Clinuvel new orphan drug designation for afamelanotide. [ + ]
Children's cancer researchers win funding
Two young researchers at Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research (CCIA), Dr Joshua McCarroll and Dr Marcia Munoz, were today awarded significant funding from the Balnaves Foundation to further their promising research into childhood cancer. [ + ]
Killer cells could cure cancer
Australian researchers close to a breakthrough in cancer treatment using the body's own immune system to destroy cancerous cells. [ + ]
Gene plays critical role in heart development
Scientists identify gene vital to early embryonic cells forming a normal heart and skull. [ + ]
Lifting the darkness
People take it for granted their teeth can be repaired as they age. Hearing can be enhanced electronically. Cosmetic surgery may disguise the external ravages of time. Transplant surgery can replace heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. But when the eye’s light-sensitive membrane, the retina, fails there seems little you can do about it – and millions end their lives in darkness. [ + ]
What alien life might look like
A tiny frozen microbe may hold clues to extraterrestrial life. [ + ]
Gene link with MS discovered
Genes linked to vitamin D involved in susceptibility to multiple sclerosis. [ + ]
Huntington's disease deciphered
Role of key gene in neurodegenerative disorder uncovered. [ + ]
How nanotubes suppress the immune function
New insights into the potential risks of exposure to carbon nanotubes. [ + ]
Detect swine flu in hours
The RETCIF test is able to detect viruses, including swine flu, within hours. The test, developed by Melbourne virologist Dr Robert Alexander, is expected to be available internationally within two years.
[ + ]Australian biotech market watch 12/06/09
COH, PXS, HGN, CXS, CXD, BTA [ + ]
Cure for floppy baby syndrome is in the heart
Mutated mice provide hope for congenital myopathy cure. [ + ]
PerkinElmer collaborates with Rigaku
Rigaku and PerkinElmer have announced a co-marketing strategy for their X-ray fluorescence and atomic spectroscopy instruments and solutions.
[ + ]Easy, accurate H1N1 influenza test developed
Offers a fast, sensitive, and cost-effective diagnostic test that runs on standard laboratory equipment. [ + ]