Industry News
PiggyBacking stem cells to pluripotency
Researchers induce pluripotent stem cells without viral vectors [ + ]
Website updated
The Pacific Laboratory Products website has been refreshed, with a different colour to represent each customer market.
[ + ]Cephalon offers $318 million for Arana
US company Cephalon named as the bidder for Arana [ + ]
Time to get out now: PwC
Biotech: shut up shop now if writing’s on the wall [ + ]
Yeast model for Parkinson’s
Complex links between alpha-syn, PARK9 and manganese shown in yeast model [ + ]
Takeover bid for Arana
Cash-rich Arana Therapeutics in discussion about takeover [ + ]
Extra heart recruits for Mesoblast
Good preliminary data allows further patient recruitment for heart stem cells [ + ]
Favourable West Nile vaccine results
Encouraging Phase I trial results for West Nile virus vaccine released [ + ]
Tolerance for Novogen
Marshall Edwards prostate cancer product reveals good early results [ + ]
Live flu vaccine trial
BioDiem and partner begin Phase I planning for live flu vaccine [ + ]
Take two for QRxPharma
QRxPharma starts second study for dual-opioid pain therapy [ + ]
Nominations for NSW BioFirst awards open
Nominations for the 2009 BioFirst Commercialisation Award are now open [ + ]
Alloys between incompatible elements
Pressure has been used to make what was previously impossible possible — an alloy between two incompatible elements.
[ + ]Fishy sex a-Gogo
Fossil fish practiced early copulation [ + ]
Funding health research
Research Australia would like to see the Australian government emulate the US and inject funding into health and medical research as part of its stimulus package.
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