Industry News
ChemGenex appoints new CCO
New chief commercial officer and senior vice president appointed ahead of omacetaxine launch in 2010. [ + ]
Formulaction and Scientific Solutions form alliance
The manufacturer of Turbiscan suspension stability instrumentation, Formulaction, is being represented in Australia by Scientific Solutions.
[ + ]Australian biotech market watch 17/07/09
Ansell, Cochlear, OMI, CSL, Ramsay, Sonic Health Care, Cellestis, Sirtex [ + ]
RNAi delivers knock-out punch
A new functional genomics facility has opened at Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, offering siRNA and shRNA approaches to gene silencing to Australian researchers. [ + ]
Find out what’s new in laboratory instrumentation
The Analytical Chemistry Group of the New South Wales branch of the RACI is holding a one-day seminar — What’s New in Laboratory Instrumentation — on 21 July 2009.
[ + ]New study offers hope for dyspeptic horses
BioProspect initiates study of Bioeffective A to treat common gastric problem in horses. [ + ]
'Copernicium' proposed as name for element 112
Element 112's existence has been officially confirmed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and now the name 'copernicium' (Cp) has been proposed as its name.
[ + ]Glowing Phase II results for Clinuvel
Clinuvel announces positive results in Phase II Solar Urticaria study. [ + ]
The performance of perforin-like proteins
Understanding the role of the membrane attack complex/perforin-like protein (MACPF) super-family is the main aim of Professor James Whisstock’s lab. Recently, the lab has been able to help solve a scientific mystery dating back a hundred years. [ + ]
DB Nanopatches to join the fight against swine flu
Nanopatch technology may replace the needle and facilitate the delivery of vaccines with lower doses.
[ + ]Knocked down by a hairpin
Ross Dickins has been at the forefront of the revolution in gene knockdown using short hairpin RNAs. He’s using the technologies to attempt to achieve his dream – curing mice of the cancers he induces. [ + ]
Victorian innovation funding round kicks off
Joint Victoria-Israel Science and Technology R&D Fund, VISTECH, funding round opens. [ + ]
BioTek Instruments appoints NZ distributor
Millennium Science has been appointed New Zealand distributor for the entire range of BioTek Instruments.
[ + ]Heavy metal: the chemistry of Alzheimer’s disease
The literature is full of failed attempts to find good biomarkers in blood, and Barnham thinks he knows why. [ + ]
Genetic modification and salt-tolerant crops
A research team based at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus has developed salt-tolerant plants using a new type of genetic modification, bringing salt-tolerant cereal crops a step closer to reality.
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