Australia and France join to fight disease
16 July, 2010
Australian and French researchers will be working together to fight neurodegenerative diseases, like Parkinson’s disease, thanks to funding through the 2010 French-Australian Science and Technology (FAST) Program.
Scientists design new delivery device for gene therapy
13 July, 2010
A self-destructing nanoparticle delivers genetic material deep into cells without generating an immune response.
Using ultrasound to control toxic algal blooms
13 July, 2010
Ultrasound is being investigated by University of Adelaide researchers as an environmentally friendly way of controlling blue-green algal blooms in fresh water supplies.
What came first - the chicken or the egg?
12 July, 2010
The ubiquitious egg problem - "what came first, the chicken or the egg?" - has been partially cracked.
Quantum interface between light and atoms
06 July, 2010
Physicists have developed a quantum interface which connects light particles and atoms.
Proteins may point to alcohol use test
06 July, 2010
Measuring a set of protein changes in the blood linked to alcohol use may potentially lead to a more accurate diagnostic test than those currently available.
Technique distinguishes between active and latent TB
06 July, 2010
An emerging technique designed to quickly distinguish between people with active and dormant tuberculosis may help health professionals diagnose the disease sooner, thereby potentially limiting early exposure to the disease, according to a study conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Melbourne pathology to use microbiology system
02 July, 2010
Melbourne Pathology will be the first Australian laboratory to acquire PREVI Isola, based on LBT Innovations MicroStreak technology for automated agar plate streaking in microbiology laboratories.
Blood test to predict the age when women will hit the menopause
30 June, 2010
Researchers at the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran have found that a single blood test may be used to accurately deterimine at what age women will reach the menopause.
Safe smoking and tobacco industry funding of genetic research
29 June, 2010
The tobacco industry's funding of genetic research could potentially be used to shift responsibility for cancer from smoking to an individual’s genetic make-up.
Of lice and man: researchers sequence human body louse genome
29 June, 2010
A multi-institutional team has recently sequenced the body louse genome with Dr Stephen Cameron from CSIRO Entomology researching the gene that is responsible for body lice responding to their environment.
Left or right? Early detection of soccer penalty kicks revealed
25 June, 2010
Some top soccer goalkeepers are able to head off a penalty kick by diving in the correct direction in advance of the kick. Recent research in cognitive science explains how they do this.
ES cell-derived cardiomyocytes: functional expression of all essential cardiac ion currents
21 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Capsugel Australia Pty Ltd
To date, in vitro preclinical electrophysiological studies rely mainly on recombinant cell systems like injected oocytes or mammalian cell lines expressing only one specific ion channel.
Monash builds on a green chemistry future
21 June, 2010
The Green Chemical Futures facility will be developed at the Clayton campus of Monash University. The $72.8 million project will be co-funded by the university and the federal government.
Researchers discover mechanism that limits scar formation
15 June, 2010
Senescent cells in wounds appear to have the biological effect of inhibiting the formation of excess scar tissue.
