Industry News
Cloning chip
A chip that will automatically create hundreds of cloned embryos at a time is being developed by a Californian biotech company, New Scientist has learned.
[ + ]Focusing beams of high-energy ions
Innovative precision lenses, designed and built in Australia for focusing beams of high-energy ions, form the core of a new breed of high-energy ion beam microscope recently commissioned in Melbourne.
[ + ]Premiers' positions on stem cell research
The Australian newspaper has reported, for the first time, what the premiers' positions on stem cell research are as follows:
[ + ]Ocean study alters view of global warming
By measuring nitrogen and phosphorus levels in a sediment core off western Mexico, an international research team led by Edinburgh University's Dr Raja Ganeshram, concludes that climatic change may be a more complex process than was previously thought.
[ + ]WA farmers establish GMO policy
The Western Australian Farmers Federation (WA Farmers) has released its policy on genetically modified organisms. [ + ]
Macquarie Bank to advise on synchrotron
Macquarie Bank has been appointed as financial adviser to the Victorian government's $157 million synchrotron project. [ + ]
Plant genomics centre gets new funding boost
The NSW Centre for Agricultural Genomics will expand, after recieving the first injection of funds from the NSW government's BioFirst Intitiative. [ + ]
Pestat hires CSIRO researcher to assist development
Early-stage biotech Pestat is developing biological control products based around controlling fertility of pest animals. [ + ]
ES Cell to supply stem cell lines to US govt
Melbourne's ES Cell International will supply embryonic stem cells to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - the first company outside the United States to enter such an arrangement with the biomedical powerhouse. [ + ]
Lawyers push for new agency to keep up with science
The Australian Law Reform Commission may recommend the Howard government create an Australian equivalent of the UK Human Genetics Commission. [ + ]
Positive result for MicroMedical heart device
Manufacturing has begun on the final version of MicroMedical Industries' VentrAssist artificial heart device. [ + ]
State funding for six NSW start-ups
Six early-stage biotechnology companies will share $649,000 in NSW government grants to assist in taking their biomedical technologies through to commercialisation. [ + ]
Investment company seeks to invest $50 million in biotech
Australian Technology Innovations Fund (ATIF), a Brisbane-based private investment company, is seeking to invest $50 million in biotechnology projects and companies. [ + ]
Ethical thumbs-up for Metabolic obesity drug trial
Metabolic Pharmaceuticals has gained ethics approval to begin testing its oral obesity drug in patients. [ + ]
Circadian to invest in memory, brain research
Circadian Technologies will invest almost $450,000 over the next 18 months in two new projects, the development company announced today. [ + ]
