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Australian company CSL has announced that it will create a new biotech facility at its manufacturing site in Broadmeadows, Australia.
21/07/2010 |
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Melbourne researchers are working with an international team to collect venom from octopuses in Antarctica for the first time. Such research may reveal novel properties of octopus venom and their potential for drug-development.
21/07/2010 |
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Australian scientists have discovered another way in which malaria may be treated. Their approach is based on some molecules that thin the blood, in much the same as the drug heparin, and prevent the malarial parasite from entering red blood cells.
09/07/2010 |
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Scientists at Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) have determined how potassium channels, which permit the flow of electric currents central to many of the body’s biological processes, control the flow of these currents.
05/06/2010 |
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The Australian Government plans to set up a fund to be specifically allocated to stem cell research that may lead to treatments and cures for conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
02/06/2010 |
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The Queensland Government has granted the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) AUD$600,000 in funding to trial the effectiveness of a Hendra vaccine in horses.
26/05/2010 |
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Queensland is set to have an AUD$354 million Translational Research Institute (TRI) built in Brisbane that will focus on manufacturing and development of biopharmaceuticals and treatments.
21/05/2010 |
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A drug already being used to treat rare disorders has the potential to help people with Type 2 diabetes, claim Australian scientists.
07/05/2010 |
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The Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC) will be training young researchers for the first time in the techniques of growing and using human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in research.
05/05/2010 |
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The Australian Academy of Science will be presenting its highest awards to researchers for their work in fields ranging from cancer prevention, to the secrets of coral reefs and the future of our oil and gas industry.
28/04/2010 |