Industry News
CSL wins $230 million H1N1 vaccine order
CSL subsidiary, Biotherapies, wins multimillion dollar order for Novel A (H1N1) influenza vaccine from the US Government [ + ]
Australian biotech market watch 01/06/09
CSL, Probiotec, Sonic Healthcare, Flurotechnics, CathRx [ + ]
Scientific fraud more common than thought
May be most prevalent in medicine and pharmacology [ + ]
What mice can tell us about language
Exploring the role of the FOXP2 gene in language [ + ]
A genetic link to premature ejaculation
A new study suggests that premature ejaculation might be a genetic disorder. [ + ]
Accelerated menopause could control pests
Scientists speed up menopause, causing infertility in crop-destroying pests. Non-surgical spaying of pets may be next step. [ + ]
Sight restored using patients' own stem cells
Therapeutic contact lenses and patients’ own stem cells used to rehabilitate damaged eye surfaces [ + ]
Australian biotech market today 27/5/09
ResMed, Ramsey [ + ]
Digging up DNA
Sequencing the DNA of a woolly mammoth frozen in permafrost and the shortly to be published genome of the Neanderthal is exciting – and very popular – science. And while Australia doesn’t have the right geological history for momentous work like this, we do have the ability to solve some interesting local questions, such as what wiped out our megafauna. [ + ]
Cancer drug causes patient to lose fingerprints
A man travelling to the United States was detained by immigration officials for four hours before they allowed him to enter because one of his cancer drugs caused his fingerprints to disappear. [ + ]
Green tea extract shows promise in leukaemia trials
Possible avenue for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia [ + ]
Man-made polymer promises Parkinson's palliative
Artificial polymer can inhibit abnormal protein behaviour that leads to Parkinson's [ + ]
Molecular Devices products to be supplied and serviced by Bio-Strategy
After 1 June, Molecular Devices products (previously supplied by MDS Analytical Technologies) will be supplied, serviced and supported by Bio-Strategy in both Australia and New Zealand.
[ + ]The remarkable sex life of yeast
Yeast missing sex genes still undergo sexual reproduction [ + ]
Stem cell research gains a boost in Victoria, California
$28.7 million collaboration promises further stem cell research [ + ]