Scientists discover the double life of proteins
29 April, 2008Scientists have discovered a link between blood pressure regulation and nutrition that could also help to shed light on intestinal and kidney function.
The impact of IT on next-generation DNA sequencing
22 April, 2008Will the IT industry be able to keep up in the race for the $1000 genome?
New ways to tackle HIV
09 April, 2008At the Sir Mark Oliphant Conference on Vaccine and Immunotherapy Technologies in Canberra on 9–10 April, Prof Stephen Kent described how the immune system can be primed to attack the HIV virus more strongly.
Redox potential calculations and drug discovery
07 April, 2008Using a supercomputer, reaserchers have sped up redox potential calculations for potential drugs.
Qld opens tumour-cell testing facility
06 March, 2008More effective treatments for brain cancer will be developed at a tumour-cell testing facility opened yesterday at The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute.
Increased funding for Australian health and medical research
05 February, 2008More than $124 million will be invested by the Australian Government in new medical and health research projects.
Australia and China join bird flu battle
04 February, 2008A team of researchers from The Australian National University will lead a new joint research centre with China conducting leading-edge research into treatments for Avian Influenza (bird flu).
Globetrotting rat genes reveal spread of human diseases
01 February, 2008DNA of the common Black Rat (Rattus rattus) has shed light on the history of the spread of rats, people and diseases around the globe.
Australia Day honours
30 January, 2008The Dean of the Faculty of Science and an eminent medical researcher are among four UNSW academics named on the 2008 Australia Day Honours List.
Protein discovery offers hope for prostate cancer
21 January, 2008Australian scientists are researching a possible way of making aggressive prostate cancer cells less invasive after their discovery of a protein essential for the normal functioning of cells.
Could lithium medicine prolong your life?
06 December, 2007 by Keiran Jones, JournalistThe common mood-affecting drug, lithium, could double as an anti-ageing medication, according to a recent study in the online version of the Journal of Biological Chemistry
Research links stress to ADHD
05 December, 2007Researchers from the University of Melbourne and the Howard Florey Institute have discovered a biological cause for why children with ADHD are not able to handle stressful environments.
Advances in early stage ovarian cancer diagnosis
30 November, 2007HealthLinx has reached an agreement with The University of Liverpool (UK) to in-license patented biomarkers and antibodies that show efficacy in detecting grade one and two ovarian cancer.
Alzheimer's vaccine gets European patent
29 November, 2007The Vienna-based company, Affiris, announced that it has been granted a Europe-wide patent for a pool of peptide sequences that are key elements of its Alzheimer’s vaccine. The company will be able to use these newly patented components to manufacture an optimised vaccine against beta-amyloid, the peptide responsible for the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
