Industry News
Waterhouse and Wang's big win
CSIRO scientists win Australia's premier science award for discovery of double-stranded RNA interference in plants, while marine researcher wins life scientist of the year award. [ + ]
End of an era for GTG
New head for Melbourne's Genetic Technologies as founder steps back. [ + ]
A faster prenatal test for Down syndrome
Scientists in California have advanced toward rapid testing for pre-natal detection of Down syndrome and other birth defects involving an abnormal number of chromosomes.
[ + ]Dry behind the rears
A Queensland team is launching a trial of a vaccine to protect koalas from the ravages of Chlamydia, but - as always - they could do with a little assistance. [ + ]
Berkovic to present Danks oration
Patient participation in genetic research the topic of the second David Danks oration. [ + ]
ComBio special: The peculiar world of the paraspeckle
No one is completely certain of the exact role of paraspeckles, but most suspect they are involved in gene expression. [ + ]
ComBio special: Zebrafish and the presenilin genes
Fish is brain food and for most of us that means eating it. For Michael Lardelli, zebrafish are also helping us understand the human brain. [ + ]
ComBio special: Nodding acquaintance between legumes and bacteria
Studying the symbiotic relationship between legumes and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria raises the possibility of a potential application in cereals. [ + ]
ComBio special: C4 plants and the evolutionary explosion
Did the evolution of C4 photosynthesis pathways in grasses helped kick-start modern human evolution as well? [ + ]
A patient database to boost Parkinson's research
The Howard Florey Institute and Parkinson's Victoria have teamed up to establish the Parkinson’s Victoria Research Register (PVRR) — a living patient database for Parkinson's disease (PD), the nation’s second most common, chronic neurological condition.
[ + ]Of grass and men
The September/October 2007 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now. [ + ]
BTF acquired by bioMerieux
Australian company BTF Decisive Microbiology has been acquired by bioMerieux. French clinical diagnostics company bioMérieux is present in more than 150 countries through 35 subsidiaries and has a large network of distributors.
[ + ]How vitamin C stops the Big C
Antioxidants may destabilise tumour growth by starving a 'hypoxia protein' of free radicals. [ + ]
Astrocytes and Fragile X
Canadian researchers find fragile X protein in glial cells as well as neurons. [ + ]
Diesel exhaust implicated in asthma and cancer
Researchers at Deakin University have found that diesel exhaust is far more damaging to our health than exhaust from biodiesel, the plant-based fuel.
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