Industry News
IDG stable expands with new life science acquisition
IDG Communications, publisher of Australian Biotechnology News, this week acquired two titles -- Today's Life Science and Lab News -- from Vertical Markets. [ + ]
Devine, Progen split
Queensland biotech Progen Industries and business development vice president Dr Peter Devine have parted company. [ + ]
Abbott-Domantis agreement may affect Peptech's future
Pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories has signed an agreement with UK-based Domantis that gives it non-exclusive access to Domantis' single-domain designer technology for new 'lite' antibody therapeutics. [ + ]
Non-contact blood monitor developed
A method of monitoring blood flow in human body tissue without touching the skin has been developed by researchers at Loughborough University, in the English Midlands.
[ + ]Panbio moves into DNA diagnostics
Medical diagnostics company Panbio Ltd, which has built its business around traditional microbiology kits, is moving into the fast-growing field of DNA probe-based diagnostics. [ + ]
NHMRC fellowships to spur commercialisation
The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded five new Industry Fellowships to encourage researchers to learn more about the commercial aspects of R&D. [ + ]
Can our teeth make us healthier?
University of Queensland researchers are studying whether better oral health care could lead to an improvement in overall general health.
[ + ]VRI receives TGA approval
Western Australian probiotics company VRI BioMedical has received Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approval for its gastrointestinal product, Progastrim. [ + ]
Ventracor to sell off its former core division
Ventracor is in negotiations to sell off its e-Health division to a potential purchaser identified after a worldwide search. [ + ]
Fed grants back European links
Thirty Australian scientists will be going to Europe to undertake collaborative research, courtesy of the Federal government. [ + ]
Breathing life back into the bushland
Scientists at CSIRO Plant Industry are breathing life back into degraded patches of native bushland by identifying ways to improve its health, as well as survival and re-establishment rates.
[ + ]Mathematics could be used to diagnose breast cancer
Two Flinders University lecturers have developed a computer algorithm that can be used to detect an invasive form of breast cancer that is often undetectable on screening mammograms.
[ + ]Solving genomics database problem could save years of research
Solutions to the Tower of Babel annotation problem that haunts genomics databases are showing they can shave "several years" off the drug discovery process according to a leading US bioinformatics worker. [ + ]
GSK research award goes to epilepsy pioneer
Australian epilepsy researcher Prof Sam Berkovic has been awarded the 2002 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia Award for Research Excellence for his pioneering discoveries of the genetic causes of epilepsy. [ + ]
Gradipore says at AGM it will change
Having been promised the world, impatient shareholders of Sydney-based separations company Gradipore were demanding answers at Thursday's company AGM at the Australian Stock Exchange. [ + ]
