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Global view of gene expression analysis
It is now believed that more than 60 per cent of genes are alternatively spliced, a final nail in the coffin, if it needed one, of the one-gene-one-protein hypothesis. [ + ]
High-throughput sequencing challenges microarray turf
A new dimension to commercial next-generation sequencing applications - one that could potentially pose a threat to more-established microarray technologies - has been revealed in two recent papers. [ + ]
Spectrometer with atomic resolution
Australia has long been known for developing leading-edge scientific instrumentation and this reputation is set to continue with the development of an impedance spectrometer that is up to 1000 times more accurate than its competitors
[ + ]Could lithium medicine prolong your life?
The common mood-affecting drug, lithium, could double as an anti-ageing medication, according to a recent study in the online version of the Journal of Biological Chemistry
[ + ]Myc-less mice produce stem cells
The Japanese team that proved how to induce stem cells from human skin seems to have overcome the Myc tumorigenesis barrier. [ + ]
Seeing the light in femtoseconds
Speedy laser facility will be used for biological imaging. [ + ]
MicroRNAs: thinking globally, acting locally
Neurologist Ken Kosik and his team are profiling neuronal miRNAs to identify those potentially involved in neuronal plasticity and the function of those that are unique to dendrites. [ + ]
RNAi and the immune response
Australian researchers are looking at harnessing RNAi to silence cancer genes and then activating the immune system as a second line of defence [ + ]
RNAi and the sound of silence
The elusive molecule responsible for spreading gene silencing through plants is still unknown, but the pioneers of RNAi research at CSIRO Plant Industry are close to tracking it down. [ + ]
Multiphoton beast is unleashed
A $900,000 multiphoton microscope at Sydney's Centenary Institute has been unveiled. [ + ]
UQ gets cash and brains
UQ's Queensland Brain Institute has officially opened and its Institute for Molecular Bioscience has more funding. [ + ]
Bioline goes R&D
Reagent distributor Bioline has opened an R&D lab in Sydney. [ + ]
First cloned primate embryos
For the first time, embryonic stem cell lines have been derived from monkeys using SCNT. [ + ]
Roquin little microRNAs
microRNAs linked to protection from autoimmune diseases, new research finds. [ + ]
Aussie bedrock indicates origin of earth's atmosphere
Core samples from the Australian outback have helped American scientists piece together the events that spawned our planet's breathable atmosphere
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