Life Scientist > Health & Medical

Handheld lab receives INNOVIC gong

03 July, 2009 by Tim Dean

Handheld medical diagnostic system inventor, Micah Atkin, wins INNOVIC’s 2009 International Next Big Thing Award.


Pig breeding facility for xenotransplantation opens in NZ

02 July, 2009 by Tim Dean

Living Cell Technologies opens pig breeding facility ahead of xenotransplantation trials to treat type 1 diabetes.


Minicells defeat drug resistant cancer

29 June, 2009 by Tim Dean

Australian researchers find that interfering RNA delivered via bacterially-derived minicells can target and kill drug resistant tumours.


Diabetes biomarker discovered

24 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Hormone adiponectin could be used to better diagnose and treat type 2 diabetes.


Xenotransplantation trial to commence in NZ

24 June, 2009 by Tim Dean

Calls for Australian Government to lift moratorium on xenotransplantation so similar trials can occur here.


Children's cancer researchers win funding

18 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Two young researchers at Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research (CCIA), Dr Joshua McCarroll and Dr Marcia Munoz, were today awarded significant funding from the Balnaves Foundation to further their promising research into childhood cancer.


Killer cells could cure cancer

17 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Australian researchers close to a breakthrough in cancer treatment using the body's own immune system to destroy cancerous cells.


Lifting the darkness

16 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

People take it for granted their teeth can be repaired as they age. Hearing can be enhanced electronically. Cosmetic surgery may disguise the external ravages of time. Transplant surgery can replace heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. But when the eye’s light-sensitive membrane, the retina, fails there seems little you can do about it – and millions end their lives in darkness.


Gene link with MS discovered

15 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Genes linked to vitamin D involved in susceptibility to multiple sclerosis.


Huntington's disease deciphered

15 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Role of key gene in neurodegenerative disorder uncovered.


How nanotubes suppress the immune function

15 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

New insights into the potential risks of exposure to carbon nanotubes.


Easy, accurate H1N1 influenza test developed

11 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Offers a fast, sensitive, and cost-effective diagnostic test that runs on standard laboratory equipment.


Scientists advance safety of nanotechnology

11 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Scientists counteract nanoparticle lung damage in mice.


1 in 3 billion error found in granulosa cancer gene

10 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Could lead to a new method of screening for this and other cancers


New insight into APP protein and Alzheimer's disease

09 June, 2009 by Staff Writers

Researchers find APP needs to work with 'Reelin' protein to maintain healthy communication between brain neurons


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