Measuring age of human tissues reveals breast tissue ages faster than the rest of the body
21 October, 2013 by Elaine SchmidtA biological clock embedded in our genomes may shed light on why our bodies age and how we can slow the process.
Life Technologies forensic kit approved by FBI
16 October, 2013 | Supplied by: Life TechnologiesLife Technologies Corporation, a global biotechnology company, has announced that its GlobalFiler Express Kit has been approved by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for use by laboratories generating DNA profiles for inclusion in the National DNA Index System (NDIS) CODIS Database.
Strategic research collaboration into skin cancer treatment
09 October, 2013The University of Queensland (UQ) has entered a three-year collaboration with Denmark-based pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma with the aim of delivering new treatment options to patients suffering from skin cancer.
Australian/Israeli collaboration on drug resistance
04 October, 2013Microbiologists from Flinders University in Adelaide and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in Israel are teaming up to study how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.
Antarctica's promiscuous microbes
02 October, 2013 by Lauren DavisDeep Lake, located 5 km from Davis Station in Antarctica, is 3500 years old, 36 m deep and so salty that it remains in liquid form down to a temperature of -20°C. Researchers have now uncovered the secrets of the lake's dominant inhabitants - extremophile microbes from the haloarchaea group.
Sigma-Aldrich OligoArchitect Online v4.0
01 October, 2013 | Supplied by: MerckSigma Life Science offers an enhanced version of its comprehensive online qPCR assay design tool - OligoArchitect. It is a freely available online tool for the automated design of primers and probes for quantitative real-time PCR assays.
Enzo Life Sciences Cyto-ID Autophagy Detection Kit
30 September, 2013 | Supplied by: United Bioresearch Products Pty LtdThe Cyto-ID Autophagy Detection Kit from Enzo Life Sciences measures autophagic vacuoles and monitors autophagic flux in live cells using a novel dye that selectively labels autophagic vacuoles.
Cleaver Scientific MultiSUB MidiDUO gel electrophoresis unit
28 September, 2013 | Supplied by: Edwards Group Pty LtdThe MultiSUB Midi has been designed for routine horizontal gel electrophoresis and it is suitable for rapid electrophoresis, such as quick checks of samples from PCR and cloning.
New hepatitis virus or glassware contaminant?
27 September, 2013The sensitivity of next-generation sequencing can be fantastic and also problematic as the system can easily pick up contaminants and lead researchers into false conclusions.
BellBrook Labs Transcreener HTS enzyme assays
27 September, 2013 | Supplied by: Sapphire BioscienceTranscreener HTS assays are a universal, high-throughput screening platform for thousands of nucleotide-dependent enzymes, such as kinases, ATPases and GTPases.
Weed research offers insight into Alzheimer's brain chemistry
25 September, 2013An international team of plant scientists has discovered a new enzyme in the common weed thale cress. The substance has an important link to the human brain chemistry responsible for turning off plaque formation in Alzheimer's disease.
Insect resistance and transgenic crops
23 September, 2013Many transgenic crops synthesise their own pesticides, usually a toxic protein is synthesised in stems and leaves. Pests attempting to eat the crop are killed while those not attacking the crop are completely unaffected. A pretty nifty solution but now examples are emerging of pests developing resistance to the toxin as a dominant trait.
"Jekyll and Hyde scenario" for immune cells and breast cancer
20 September, 2013Researchers at the University of Adelaide have shown that while the immune cells known as macrophages have a role to play in the normal function of the breast, at certain stages in the menstrual cycle they may also help to make the breast more susceptible to cancer.
Genes are linked to handedness
18 September, 2013A genetic study - carried out by scientists at the Universities of Oxford, St Andrews and Bristol and the Max Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics - has identified a biological process that influences whether we are right- or left-handed.
Link found between sugary drinks, gene variant and gout
13 September, 2013University of Otago and Auckland scientists have discovered a human gene variant that can 'turn bad' when affected by sugary drinks. This raises the risk of developing the arthritic disease gout.
