BIO 2008: Starpharma's thoroughly modern microbicide
04 June, 2008 by Kate McDonaldIt's been a big year for Starpharma, the Melbourne-based biotech working on a portfolio of applications for its dendrimer technology.
BIO 2008: Born free, Selborne free
03 June, 2008 by Staff WritersAnimal sera producer Selborne is exhibiting at BIO 2008 for the first time and promoting the image of the clean, green beauty of its home manufacturing base, Tasmania.
BIO 2008: GM - the passion and the politics
03 June, 2008 by Fiona WylieWith the lifting of two moratoria on genetically modified crops in Australia recently, so did the inevitably polarised debate take off. Those for and against are unlikely to change their minds and, unfortunately, some scientists are now afraid to speak theirs.
BIO 2008: Oz bio online
03 June, 2008 by Staff WritersAustralia will have a virtual and a physical presence at BIO
BIO 2008: Oz biotech - state of the nation
02 June, 2008 by Kate McDonaldBIO 2008, the world's largest conference for the biotechnology industry, is being held in San Diego from June 16. In our annual preview, we take a look at how the Australian sector is travelling.
CSL head to chair pharma group
27 May, 2008 by Kate McDonaldBrian McNamee named as co-chair of Government's pharma industry advisory group.
Prototype vaccine for West Nile virus
21 May, 2008 by Kate McDonaldReplikun and UQ agreement to develop vaccine for West Nile virus.
Biotech and the rise of the patent troll
20 May, 2008 by Kate McDonaldThere is a beast stalking the world of intellectual property and biological inventions: the patent troll.
VivaGel well tolerated: Starpharma
12 May, 2008 by Kate McDonaldStarpharma has released positive results from VivaGel clinical trial.
Evado signs distribution deal
14 April, 2008 by Staff WritersSeerPharma to market new clinical software in Australia and south-east Asia
Slimeballs and eyeballs: hagfish and the evolution of the eye
11 April, 2008 by Kate McDonaldHagfish may be ferociously ugly little creatures, but they can teach us much about the evolution of the vertebrate eye.
Hedgehog and the need for speed
01 April, 2008 by Fiona WylieModel organisms such as zebrafish are vitally important in answering basic questions of developmental cell biology and signalling, and those built for distance and not speed may just have a few more prickles.
Living fossil still calls Australia home
27 March, 2008 by Staff WritersFossil bones of the Djarthia, our earliest known marsupial, have been linked to South America's extant Monito del Monte.
Two advance to BIO
26 March, 2008 by Kate McDonaldTwo local scientists are off to the BIO convention in June after winning the Advance BioBusiness award.
You say tomato ...
17 March, 2008 by Mauricio EspinozaUS crop scientists discover gene that controls fruit shape.
