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Single gene mutation affects 60 million
A deletion in a single gene increases risk of cardiomyopathies in South Asian populations [ + ]
Robotnikinin takes on Sonic hedgehog
Sonic the hedgehog's nemesis strikes again, biologically speaking [ + ]
French–Australian scientific projects announced
The Australian government recently signed a renewed memorandum of understanding with the French government that reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening scientific and technological collaboration between the two countries.
[ + ]Prostate cancer research centre for Queensland
The federal government has announced funding for a prostrate research centre to be hosted by the Queensland University of Technology.
[ + ]Spit and SNP – genetics gets personal
The January/February 2009 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now [ + ]
Triple trouble for A. thaliana
Triplet repeat defect in Arabidopsis provides genetically tractable model [ + ]
Dangerous DNA can cause cell suicide
The discovery that some cells sacrifice themselves if they are infected with a virus will help improve understanding of how cells normally combat viral infection, and may also be relevant for the disease lupus, where the immune system attacks normal cellular proteins.
[ + ]Phase II for BioGard
Immuron’s BioGard in Phase II trial for HIV [ + ]
LabWare is certified ‘Powered By SAP NetWeaver’
LabWare LIMS v6.0 is one of the first enterprise LIMS to become certified for use with SAP’s Enterprise SOA-based Integration Technology.
[ + ]Semantic search engine helps improve search results
A new semantic web search engine developed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville is helping scientists who study the environment retrieve the research data they need, and has the potential to help researchers in other fields perform more focused and productive searches.
[ + ]Alzheimer’s and the X factor
Study finds sex-specific risk SNP for late-onset Alzheimer’s [ + ]
Differentiating normal and cancer stem cells
Canadian researchers have demonstrated the difference between normal stem cells and cancer stem cells in humans. It is anticipated that this research will help scientists target cancer cells and leave healthy cells untouched during cancer treatment.
[ + ]New Year will be a second late
An extra second will be added to 2008 so that the world's clocks are in agreement with the Earth's rotation.
[ + ]Research grants boost national postgraduate numbers
The research in the university sector will be strengthened by the Rudd government's funding of an additional 1000 Australian Postgraduate Awards.
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