Coeliac disease research tool
08 March, 2006 | Supplied by: PerkinElmer (Australia) Pty Ltd
Delfia probes, specific for HLA alleles, provide a research tool for investigating genes involved in predisposition to coeliac disease.
Australians to tap into crop testing in Europe
02 March, 2006
A company has been established in Adelaide to develop scientific techniques for genetic crop testing in Europe.
Study into formation of an embryo
24 February, 2006
A discovery from University of Missouri-Columbia scientists about the formation of an embryo and a placenta before implantation could explain why cloning often fails in farm and laboratory animals.
Developing resistant wheat varieties
23 February, 2006
A new $5 million grant to wheat breeders could shorten the time between the outbreak of diseases and the development of resistant wheat varieties, said the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station state wheat breeder.
Approach to drug testing could force innocent athletes out
20 February, 2006
The current approach of the international agency responsible for fighting the use of drugs in sport will drive innocent athletes out of the Olympic Games, according to an article in the International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching.
200 proteins which indicate diseases of liver
17 February, 2006
The biochemist Enrique Santamaria Martinez, a researcher in the area of genetic therapy and hepatology at the CIMA of the University of Navarra, has identified more than 200 proteins which can be considered as indicators of the progression of steatohepatitis and liver hepatitis. In addition, these proteins provide a basis for new lines of research which can develop clinical application strategies for improving the diagnosis and treatment of this cancer.
Electronic nose could spell the end of landfill pongs
17 February, 2006
Scientists at the University of Manchester have invented a device which remotely monitors bad odours and methane gases at waste landfill and water treatment sites.
Dialysis patients may be overmedicated due to unreliable blood test
15 February, 2006
Changes in a widely used assay for parathyroid hormone (PTH) have made its use with the established guidelines for end stage renal disease clinical management both inappropriate and potentially harmful to patients. This research was published in the journal Seminars in Dialysis.
Tuberculosis infection prevention by quick testing
15 February, 2006
With a new DNA test, tuberculosis infection can be revealed so quickly that a patient doesn't have time to infect others.
Blood test for prostate cancer
14 February, 2006
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a panel of 22 biomarkers that together provide a more accurate screening for prostrate cancer than the current prostrate specific antigen, or PSA, test.
Coeliac disease research tool
08 February, 2006 | Supplied by: PerkinElmer (Australia) Pty Ltd
Delfia probes, specific for HLA alleles, provide a research tool for investigating genes involved in predisposition to coeliac disease.
Scientific advances boost anti-doping campaign
08 February, 2006 by Peter Brownlee
The unprecedented anti-doping campaign for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne is aimed at making these Games the cleanest ever with thousands of tests being carried out on athletes in Australia and overseas
Tracking performance in real time
07 February, 2006
Traqua, developed by the CRC for microTechnology for the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), is the leading edge of the next sports revolution - providing hard data in real time on an athlete's motion to reinforce the coach's eye and instincts.
How viruses enter cells
07 February, 2006
A team of Northwestern University researchers has solved the structure of a molecule that controls the ability of viruses of the paramyxovirus family, including the viruses that cause measles, mumps, and many human respiratory diseases, to fuse with and infect human cells.
Monitoring of living cells
06 February, 2006
Cell cultures often form the testing ground for new active agents. Results can only be reliable if cell growth is standardised. This process will soon happen automatically with a microscope to monitor growth and image processing to control cultivation via integrated robotics.
