Industry News
COVID-19 prevention trial opens for healthcare workers
Can hydroxychloroquine prevent COVID-19? Australia's healthcare workers are invited to take part in a new clinical trial to find out. [ + ]
Biomarker signature found for tuberculosis infection
The biomarker discovery could be used as the basis for a highly effective and simple diagnostic blood test to help detect prevalent cases of TB in the community. [ + ]
Thermo Fisher ramps up response to COVID-19
Serving science company Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced several new measures as part of its efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. [ + ]
Heat-resistant coral developed to fight bleaching
Australian scientists have successfully produced a coral that is more resistant to increased seawater temperatures in a laboratory setting. [ + ]
Simultaneous imaging of proteins in a single cell
Korean researchers have developed an innovative method that allows them to visualise up to tens of different proteins simultaneously in the same cell. [ + ]
Renewable biofuel could be used on ships
Researchers have been converting bioethanol into products including synthetic diesel, gasoline and jet fuel that have nearly the same properties as fossil fuels. [ + ]
Microrobotic needle screwed into cancer tissue
Scientists have developed a drug-loaded microrobotic needle that effectively targets and remains attached to cancerous tissue in lab experiments. [ + ]
Molecular reagents used to treat Alzheimer's disease
The reagents have a simple structural composition that can simultaneously target and modulate various pathogenic factors in complex neurodegenerative disorders. [ + ]
Drug trial to make COVID-19 patients less infectious
The drug interferon could stop outbreaks of COVID-19 by reducing the infectiousness of people who contract the SARS-Cov-2 virus. [ + ]
Antibody product to treat serious cases of COVID-19
COVID-19 Immunoglobulin will be developed using donations of plasma made in Australia by people who have recovered from COVID-19. [ + ]
Influenza and the Trojan Horse effect
Influenza A virus can kill key white blood cells and hide among them like a Trojan Horse to aid its spread in the body. [ + ]
MOFs help filter out toxic chromium from water
Scientists are developing a process for removing hexavalent chromium from water, with a little help from sponge-like crystals known as metal–organic frameworks. [ + ]
The secret behind virgin birth in South African bees
Reversions to asexual reproduction are rare in nature, so this may be the first time that the genetic basis of such a phenomenon has been discovered. [ + ]
Coronavirus vaccine candidates show promise in macaques
Coronavirus vaccine development has been all the rage lately, with scientists enlisting macaques to help them test vaccines for SARS-Cov-2 as well as MERS. [ + ]
Synchrotron light images nerve fibres in diabetics
Researchers have used synchrotron light to study what happens to the nerves in diabetes, revealing the 3D structure of nerve fibres in very high resolution. [ + ]
