Research & development

Science, industry and government forge alliance against diseases

22 July, 2008

A new $30 million federal government-funded Cooperative Research Centre for Biomarker Translation (CRC-BT) has been launched at La Trobe University Research and Development Park. Core partners in the new CRC are La Trobe University and the Macfarlane Burnett Institute for Medical Research and Public Health in Melbourne; the Mater Medical Research Institute and Mater Health Services in Brisbane; and the Women & Children’s Health Research Institute and Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science in Adelaide. US-based biotechnology corporations Amgen and Becton Dickinson Biosciences are the commercial CRC-BT partners.


Using MS to identify dinosaur fossils proteins

18 July, 2008

Fossilomics research is being facilitated by the sensitivity, mass accuracy and resolution of modern mass spectrometry.


Combining clinical, laboratory and metabolic records with genomic data

16 July, 2008

An IT platform that can combine clinical, laboratory and metabolic information with high throughput genomic data about the same individual has been developed. By combining information in this way, researchers will be able to analyse the correlation between the gene expression profile in the blood of an individual and their risk of developing particular diseases.


Carbon nanotubes and nanoelectronics

15 July, 2008

Next generation of nanoelectronics could be based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the intramolecular junctions that connect CNTs for integration.


Relative success for autism gene hunt

11 July, 2008

Researchers have used larger families to identify some genes associated with autism.


Opening the Curtin on the beginning of life

03 July, 2008

A Curtin University discovery challenges fundamental understanding of the processes active in the early history of the Earth. It suggests that life may well have appeared on Earth long before the period of heavy-meteorite bombardment believed by some to have initiated the emergence of life on Earth.


Electrostatic detection technique for DNA and RNA microarrays

03 July, 2008

Dispersing a fluid containing thousands of electrically charged microscopic silica beads across the surface of a DNA microarray and then observing the Brownian motion of the spheres provides measurements of the electrical charges of the DNA molecules. These measurements can be observed and recorded with a simple handheld imaging device and used to interrogate millions of DNA sequences at a time.


Three sequencing companies join 1000 Genomes Project

13 June, 2008

Three firms that have pioneered development of new sequencing technologies — 454 Life Sciences, Applied Biosystems and Illumina Inc — have joined the 1000 Genomes Project to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic variation.


Nobel winner finds complication for stem cell therapy

11 June, 2008

A single organ may contain more than one type of adult stem cell — a discovery that complicates prospects for using stem cells as a treatment for disease, according to a study by Nobel Laureate Prof Mario Capecchi.


Why most cells fail to reprogram

02 June, 2008

US researchers have uncovered critical molecular events that undermine the reprogramming of somatic human cells back to a pluripotent state.


CRC innovation and commercial success

02 June, 2008

The prestigious CRC STAR Award has been awarded to two separate CRCs this year, for their high-level achievement in developing successful enterprises through the transfer of CRC innovation.


One step closer to synthetic life

30 May, 2008

Researchers at the UK’s University of Nottingham have taken some important first steps to creating a synthetic version of a living cell.


Cancer research collaboration launched

23 May, 2008

Australia’s reputation for excellence in cancer research has been strengthened with the launch of the Peter MacCallum Pfizer Translational Oncology Research Collaborative Hub (TORCH) at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.


Nano-bar codes could revolutionise diagnostics

22 May, 2008

A new technology which could aid the early detection of disease has been invented and developed by University of Queensland (UQ) researchers.


Neuroimaging researcher wins Australia-Harvard Fellowship

15 May, 2008

An internationally recognised expert in medical imaging, Dr Simon Warfield, has been awarded an Australia-Harvard Fellowship to travel to Australia and work with the biomedical imaging team at the Australian e-Health Research Centre on early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.


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