Industry News
WA research comes together
WA to pull together research institutes in $360 million power precinct [ + ]
Ancient DNA and the KFC gene
Researchers at the Universities of Adelaide and Sydney have used the prevelance of the 'KFC' gene to try to establish the migration history of the chicken.
[ + ]Iron in the heart for Friedreich's
Australian researchers find iron chelation limits heart complications in Friedreich's ataxia mice models [ + ]
Pond scum and the biofuel revolution
Murdoch Uni wins grant to research turning algae into energy [ + ]
Heaves hit for Stirling
Stirling wins patent for equine heaves treatment [ + ]
Clinuvel granted orphan designation
Clinuvel's CUV1647 granted orphan drug designation by US FDA [ + ]
Tutti frutti for Kiwis
Large EST library for kiwifruit published, fleshing out apples and pears [ + ]
Life to appeal Federal Court decision
Life Therapeutics to appeal federal court decision preventing its planned share sale [ + ]
LCT is US-bound
Living Cell Technologies appoints new US-based CEO [ + ]
CogState releases details of UBC agreement
Parties will combine to launch a new product but will remain separate entities [ + ]
Biotech: worst year on record
Final quarter of FY08 down again, year the worst on record: PwC [ + ]
Bacteria eaters win out
Special Phage Holdings wins NSW commercialisation award [ + ]
Phage therapy wins commercialisation award
A Sydney company that has developed an innovative medical treatment for antibiotic resistant infections using bacteria-eating viruses has won the NSW government's 2008 BioFirstCommercialisation Award.
[ + ]Arana expands clinical research
Arana Therapeutics adds new face to clinical research team [ + ]
IP Australia sits US exams
IP Australia named as search and examination authority for US patent office [ + ]
