Industry News
Drink, drank, drunk
'Drunks beget drunks' is the title of John Whitfield's presentation for the addictions seminar at the IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, being held in Melbourne in July. [ + ]
TB research wins Victorian medical award
Melbourne epidemiologist Dr Helen Cox has won the 2007 Premier’s Award for Medical Research for her work on drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
[ + ]G-CSF produces shot to the heart
A trial of G-CSF therapy in heart patients has produced beneficial results. [ + ]
University course for the business of science
A recently established postgraduate course at Monash University is giving students the skills and experience they need to turn scientific research into commercial viability.
[ + ]Leading diagnostics company opens in Australia
Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, the first 'full service diagnostics' company in the world, will begin operation in Australia and New Zealand on 1 June.
[ + ]The long, slow death of Chemeq
Embattled WA biotech Chemeq has finally folded after several years of disastrous financial performance. [ + ]
Be not still, my beating heart
A system able to deliver drugs straight to the heart of conscious patients has won a local award. [ + ]
ANZAC deal for agricultural research
CSIRO Plant Industry and NZ's AgResearch are putting their heads together. [ + ]
Contract facility to speed medical research
Australia's first preclinical contract R&D facility, TetraQ, was officially launched today to help speed the movement of medicines out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.
[ + ]Staphylococcus aureus vaccine on track
Austrian company Intercell has announced the completion of the phase I study of its Staphylococcus aureus vaccine.
[ + ]Breast cancer susceptibility genes identified
An international research consortium has identified four genes believed to increase susceptibility to breast cancer. [ + ]
Australian supplier for Eppendorf
The Lomb Group has recently been appointed the national distributor for the Eppendorf range of products.
[ + ]Funding for business globalisation
The government has introduced the Global Opportunities program, promising $254.1 million over 10 years to help Australian companies become global businesses.
[ + ]Australian nanotech forces combine
The Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC) and the Australian Nano Business Forum (ANBF) have combined to help raise industry awareness of the potential of nanotechnology.
[ + ]World’s largest ice sheet still appears stable
Scientists from New Zealand and Australia have used mountains as giant ‘dipsticks’ to analyse the history of the world's largest ice sheet.
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