Biotech industry growing
04 April, 2007Employment in the Australian biotech sector has doubled over the last two years, according to an industry survey conducted by Innovation Dynamics Pty Ltd
DNA sleuth awarded Curtin medal
09 March, 2007The Curtin Medal for Excellence in Medical Research has been awarded to an Australian scientist who studies how DNA replicates in cells, in an effort to understand and find cures for diseases such as cancer.
Human beans may come to a plate near you
08 March, 2007The US Department of Agriculture has signalled its plans to allow the commercial cultivation of genetically-modified rice on more than 3000 acres in Kansas.
Researcher fights insects with venom
07 March, 2007An Australian researcher has returned from the US to continue working on environmentally-friendly insect control methods based on spider venom compounds.
Mice cloned from skin cells
15 February, 2007Healthy and viable mice that survive until adulthood have been cloned from adult stem cells by scientists from Rockefeller University using cells called keratinocyte stem cells.
Web-based genomics computational resource facilitates research
06 February, 2007Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati (UC) Academic Health Center at the Computational Medicine Center have established a gene information resource designed to aid biomedical researchers in more effectively identifying small alterations in the human genome that are associated with individuals' susceptibility to disease.
Nutrition studies' conclusions tied to funding source
10 January, 2007A systematic analysis of the medical literature shows that nutrition studies'' conclusions correlate with who funds them – much like the bias found for pharmaceutical studies, but with potentially greater public health implications.
First prion-free cows reported
08 January, 2007Hematech and Kirin Brewery Company have announced the production of healthy prion protein-knockout cows.
Non-exclusive worldwide licence to use ddRNAi in research programs granted
08 January, 2007Sigma-Aldrich, a life science and high technology company, has announced that it has granted Pfizer a worldwide non-exclusive research licence to use DNA-directed RNAi (ddRNAi) technology.
Found – the apple gene for red
08 December, 2006CSIRO researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples – a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties.
UGA researchers use laser, nanotechnology to rapidly detect viruses
24 November, 2006Waiting a day or more to get laboratory results back from the doctor’s office soon could become a thing of a past.
Neanderthal genome sequencing yields surprising results
22 November, 2006Scientists with the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) have sequenced genomic DNA from fossilised Neanderthal bones with surprising results.
US$4.6m biotech product development initiative launched
21 November, 2006Box Hill Institute biotechnology students will get international training opportunities with the signing of an agreement with US-based company PaleoTechnology International.
Fuels from bacteria
21 September, 2006A breakthrough in the production of biofuels has been developed by scientists in Germany. Research published in the September 2006 issue of Microbiology, described how specially engineered bacteria could be used to make fuel completely from food crops.
Transforming the cow
18 August, 2006The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major boost with the release of the most complete sequence of the cow genome ever assembled.
