Industry News
ToolGen licenses CRISPR/Cas9 technology to Thermo Fisher Scientific
Korean biotechnology company ToolGen will license its CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property portfolio to Thermo Fisher Scientific. Thermo Fisher will utilise the technology to develop and market CRISPR reagent kits. [ + ]
Corgenix and Fio connect rapid Ebola test to the cloud
Corgenix Medical Corporation and Fio Corporation are working together to integrate two technological advances to help end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. [ + ]
High-resolution gene sequencing technology
Researchers from Sydney's Garvan Institute have developed CaptureSeq - a gene sequencing technology that is said to explore the human genome at a much higher resolution than ever before.
[ + ]Chemistry comes to the aid of Hamburg's red light district
Innovative paint and coating technology has come to the aid of Hamburg's red light district where residents and workers were tired of the mess and smell caused by some of its 20 million visitors each year weeing in the street. [ + ]
Automated mineralogy system installed at NSW mine
Scientific equipment supplier AXT has announced the installation of a TESCAN TIMA automated mineralogy system at Northparkes Mines, a copper and gold mine located in Central West NSW. [ + ]
Single donor's blood cells to test side effects of drugs
UK researchers are using combinations of cells from a single donor's blood to predict whether a new drug will cause a severe immune reaction in humans. [ + ]
Automated mineralogy system installed at NSW mine
Scientific equipment supplier AXT has announced the installation of a TESCAN TIMA automated mineralogy system at Northparkes Mines, a copper and gold mine located in Central West NSW. [ + ]
Single donor's blood cells to test side effects of drugs
UK researchers are using combinations of cells from a single donor's blood to predict whether a new drug will cause a severe immune reaction in humans. [ + ]
Prototype medical device to improve spinal surgery
Flinders University researchers are developing a surgical instrument that will enable bone graft delivery during minimally invasive spinal fusion procedures. [ + ]
CureVac investors to accelerate vaccine development
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will invest $52 million in biopharma company CureVac, as well as supply separate funding for several projects to develop prophylactic vaccines based on the company's messenger RNA (mRNA) platform. [ + ]
Probiotic reduces weight gain in mice
In a landmark probiotic study, European researchers have demonstrated the effect of a particular probiotic strain on body fat mass and glucose tolerance. [ + ]
Immune cells can learn from experience
James Cook University (JCU) has contributed to an international research project which found that immune cells have the ability to learn, remember and apply their knowledge to future challenges.
[ + ]Are lab workers at risk of hearing loss?
One in six Australians are said to experience some kind of auditory loss, and The University of Queensland (UQ) wants to know if chemicals in the workplace are to blame. [ + ]
Are lab workers at risk of hearing loss?
One in six Australians are said to experience some kind of auditory loss, and The University of Queensland (UQ) wants to know if chemicals in the workplace are to blame. [ + ]
Spider venom can prevent pain, too
In news which may cause arachnophobes around the world to breathe a collective sigh of relief, researchers have discovered that spider venom contains compounds which have the potential to block pain.
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