First prion-free cows reported
08 January, 2007
Hematech 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, 2007
Sigma-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.
Extracting ‘bioactives’ from agricultural and food processing streams
20 December, 2006
Transforming products from agricultural and food processing streams into health-enhancing ingredients for use in a variety of foods and nutraceuticals is the aim of a $7 million Flagship Collaboration Fund Cluster involving CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship, Monash University and the University of Melbourne.
New technology makes clinical research more precise
15 December, 2006
The Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and AlgoNomics have joined forces to develop a technology that verifies whether certain proteins induce an immune response in humans.
Research offers hope for alcoholics
12 December, 2006
Scientists at Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered a system in the brain that stops an alcoholic’s craving for alcohol, as well as preventing relapse once they have recovered from alcohol addiction.
Next stage for research facility at Curtin
11 December, 2006
Stage two of the John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry at Curtin University of Technology has been lauched by Fran Logan, Minister for Energy, Science and Innovation.
Sea snail key to future of pain relief
11 December, 2006
Research at The University of Queensland could revolutionise the treatment of pain relief with the help of a sea snail.
Food science goes nuclear
08 December, 2006 by Dr Elliot Paul Gilbert*
Food science is going nuclear and The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), is currently commissioning a new world-class research reactor and neutron beam instruments
Microbe DIY test kit
08 December, 2006 | Supplied by: Melaklean Cleaner Air Products
The Melaklean Cleaner Air Products microbial test DIY kit can be used on process water, drinking water, waste water or recycled water, and gives an answer in 24 hours.
Sound chemistry
08 December, 2006
For most of us, sound chemistry or sonochemistry is about the use of ultrasound in chemistry. The science has been around for about 80 years and now mainly focuses on the effect of ultrasound on reactions
Found – the apple gene for red
08 December, 2006
CSIRO researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples – a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties.
$500 million boost for Australian science infrastructure
04 December, 2006
Australian science infrastructure will be upgraded by $500 million in Australian government funding announced by the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop.
UGA researchers use laser, nanotechnology to rapidly detect viruses
24 November, 2006
Waiting 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, 2006
Scientists 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, 2006
Box Hill Institute biotechnology students will get international training opportunities with the signing of an agreement with US-based company PaleoTechnology International.
