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Making strange or making sense - art and the life sciences

07 April, 2005 by Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr

Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr talk about the future with Bioart.


In brief: Benitec, XRT, Phylogica, Norwood Abbey

06 April, 2005 by Staff Writers

RNAi specialist Benitec (ASX:BLT) has lodged a prospectus with ASIC to raise up to AUD$9.7 million in a rights issue, underwritten by Bell Potter. Capital raised will go towards clinical development and expansion of Benitec's California operations, it said.


Research prospective

05 April, 2005 by Nigel Poole

Nigel Poole offers 10 glimpses of what Australian life science commercialisation could look like in 2015.


Can life sciences go the IT way?

05 April, 2005 by Prashant Tyagi

The life sciences can learn from the IT revolution, Prashant Tyagi explains.


Legal Challenges

05 April, 2005 by Trevor Davies

With technology advancing so rapidly in many potential commercial areas of life science, patent attorneys, intellectual property (IP) and commercial lawyers, and lawmakers will face a number of challenges over the next 10 years, says Trevor Davies.


In brief: changes at Psiron, ATPi, Cytopia, Epitan

04 April, 2005 by Renate Krelle

Psiron (ASX:PSX) has announced that Stephen Jones will assume day-to-day control of the company, taking on the role of executive chairman. Julie Nutting will continue as the company's chief executive with responsibility for five clinical trial and manufacturing milestones for the company's CVA 21 virus by the end of the year.


Biotech students band together

01 April, 2005 by Melissa Trudinger

The South Australian branch of the AusBiotech Student Association (ABSA) was launched last night in Adelaide.


In brief: Resonance Health; Covance

24 March, 2005 by Staff Writers

Australia's largest diagnostic imaging company, DCA Group (ASX: DVC) has agreed to launch and co-market Resonance Health's (ASX:RHT) liver diagnostic, FerriScan in Australia and potentially the UK.


First biosciences company lists in Singapore

23 March, 2005 by Renate Krelle

Dutch company LMA International has become the first biosciences company to list on Singapore's stock exchange, raising S$248 million (AUD$194 million) through the an initial public offering by its Singapore unit, LMA International.


GBS invests in US-based biotech

23 March, 2005 by Melissa Trudinger

Australian biotech venture capitalists GBS Venture Partners has invested in US-based therapeutic antibody company KaloBios Pharmaceuticals as part of a US$20 million series B financing round.


Domantis in licence deal with Tanox

23 March, 2005 by Renate Krelle

UK biotech Domantis -- in which Sydney firm Peptech (ASX:PTD) is a 36 per cent investee -- has licensed the rights to domain antibodies for a specific but undisclosed autoimmune target to US biotech Tanox, best known for its asthma biological Xolair.


Teaching Australia's future life scientists

22 March, 2005 by Kathy Takayama

A change is needed in the way science is taught, argues Kathy Takayama.


Trends in teaching hospital laboratories

22 March, 2005 by Ross Vining

Over the next decade two powerful forces, economics and technology, will reshape teaching hospital laboratories, writes Ross Vining.


The art of science

22 March, 2005 by Susan Williamson

Miranda Grounds spoke with Susan Williamson about how art is helping to drive things forward in science.


The new gods: ethics in the next decades

22 March, 2005 by Julian Savulescu and Bennett Foddy

Ethics need to change radically to keep up with technology, write Julian Savulescu and Bennett Foddy.


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