TB research wins Victorian medical award
05 June, 2007
Melbourne epidemiologist Dr Helen Cox has won the 2007 Premier’s Award for Medical Research for her work on drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
Contract facility to speed medical research
30 May, 2007
Australia's first preclinical contract R&D facility, TetraQ, was officially launched today to help speed the movement of medicines out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.
Staphylococcus aureus vaccine on track
29 May, 2007
Austrian company Intercell has announced the completion of the phase I study of its Staphylococcus aureus vaccine.
World’s largest ice sheet still appears stable
25 May, 2007
Scientists from New Zealand and Australia have used mountains as giant ‘dipsticks’ to analyse the history of the world's largest ice sheet.
A summit to clean up industry
23 May, 2007
Leading international scientists will join top Australian industry executives in a national summit, for three days commencing on 24 June, to discuss how to clean up and prevent future contamination.
Regional biotech on the world map
17 May, 2007
The Australian-New Zealand Biotech Alliance (ANZBA), in partnership with Invest Australia, has launched a web-based directory to promote the fast-growing regional biotechnology industry to the global market.
Federal funding for a medical research powerhouse
09 May, 2007
The federal government announced yesterday that it will back the development of a Brisbane-based major research centre, designed to test and produce new drugs for the medical industry.
Research unravels the secrets of salt and taste
24 April, 2007
New research into the molecular basis of salty taste has been released by the Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland.
Scientists discover new virus
24 April, 2007
Scientists have discovered a new virus that was responsible for the deaths of three transplant recipients who received organs from a single donor in Victoria, Australia.
Minority groups not genetically prone to diabetes
19 April, 2007
A study by Australian and US researchers is helping dispel the 40-year-old ‘thrifty genotype theory’ – that certain minority groups are genetically prone to diabetes.
League greats tackle melanoma research
13 April, 2007
The University of Queensland (UQ) has received a $48,000 donation to its cancer research institute from cancer charity group, Mardi Jackson Foundation.
Salt-tolerant wheat made possible
12 April, 2007
The Molecular Plant Breeding CRC's Dr Yusuf Genc has found that different varieties of wheat have different ways of dealing with salinity. The research has implications for cereal breeders, who have long sought to breed varieties that are resistant to salinity.
Pesticide analysis
04 April, 2007 | Supplied by: Phenomenex Australia
The Zebron MultiResidue columns represent a solution for all classes of pesticides analysis. The columns were developed using two new stationary phases and each phase has been optimised to resolve a different set of analytes. However, both are good for a wide variety of pesticides.
Biotech industry growing
04 April, 2007
Employment in the Australian biotech sector has doubled over the last two years, according to an industry survey conducted by Innovation Dynamics Pty Ltd
Australian scientists identify cancer cells
30 March, 2007
Australian scientists have identified the leukaemia cells responsible for causing relapse after treatment in common childhood cancer.
