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The University of Queensland (UQ) has received more than $360,000 in Government funding to further strengthen research linkages with China.
18/12/2009 |
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified a key step in the biological process of programmed cell death, also called apoptosis.
18/12/2009 |
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Strategies are being discussed this week on how scientists can improve diagnosis and surveillance of animal influenza in the Asia Pacific region.
17/12/2009 |
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US researchers have published a paper in Nature demonstrating how next-generation DNA sequencing can be used to identify DNA mutations in a small cell lung cancer (SCLC) line, which identify the mutational burden associated with tobacco smoking.
17/12/2009 |
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The Australian scientist Dr Barry Marshall, who discovered the bacterium Helicobacter pylori was responsible for causing stomach ulcers, is now working towards a vaccine against H. pylori that can be eaten rather than injected.
15/12/2009 |
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Twelve Australian scientific research groups have been awarded a total of AUD$200,000 in grants to participate in the European Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES).
15/12/2009 |
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A technical poster from Fluidigm Europe entitled 'Rapid single-molecule haplotyping in patients with sickle cell disease' reports upon the pioneering work of Dr Stephen Menzel and his fellow researchers at Kings College (London), School of Medicine.
14/12/2009 |
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The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has announced that clinical trials involving animal to human transplantation (xenotransplantation) would be allowed to proceed, once stringent regulatory and surveillance frameworks have been put in place.
11/12/2009 |
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CSL has announced that a vaccine to treat severe gum disease is being developed in a new collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, a global manufacturer of vaccines.
11/12/2009 |
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CSIRO has formed a long-term research alliance agreement with Australian biotechnology company, Circadian Technologies, to develop new potential treatments for cancer.
10/12/2009 |
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Monash University in Victoria has received more than AUD$1.5 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) as part of the 2009 ARC Linkage infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme.
09/12/2009 |
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A Melbourne researcher has won third prize in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®, the world’s foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and movies of life science subjects.
08/12/2009 |
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Nobel laureate Professor Erwin Neher launches a new research institute at RMIT University this week. The institute will search for solutions to the key health issues facing Australia in the 21st century.
07/12/2009 |
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Melbourne researchers have received AUD$1.5 million to investigate whether breast stem cells or their descendents are directly linked to breast cancer, in the hope of leading to new treatments for the disease.
07/12/2009 |
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StemCells has received approval by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the first 13 human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines for use in NIH-funded research under the NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research adopted in July 2009.
07/12/2009 |
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The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) launches its new Research Grants Management System (RGMS) this month.
04/12/2009 |
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The University of Queensland (UQ) received $1.66 million in funding from the Federal government's Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme.
03/12/2009 |
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The University of Sydney has announced its receipt of funding from the Federal government's Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme.
03/12/2009 |
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Melbourne researchers believe that understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer in the future.
02/12/2009 |
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The University of Queensland (UQ) has opened The Centre for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), a new research centre focused on infectious diseases.
01/12/2009 |
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) scientist Dr Guillaume Lessene has won this year’s Biota Award for Medicinal Chemistry.
01/12/2009 |
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Opening and closing dates for National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding schemes for 2010 are now available on the NHMRC website.
01/12/2009 |