THE FEDERAL Government has granted the Princess Alexandra Hospital $7.5m to establish a Prostate Cancer Research Centre, which will be hosted by the Queensland University of technology (QUT).
19/01/2009
THE FEDERAL Government has announced it will be allocating more than $1 million to manage Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, one of the most common complaints faced by women of reproductive age in Australia.
07/09/2009
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
RESEARCH in Queensland has been given a boost with the opening of three new facilities which will be used in the study of plastic made from sugarcane, nano-chips to speed up computers and new DNA based bio-medicines.
01/06/2009
THE FEDERAL Government has announced lenalidomide (Revlimid) will be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 November 2009.
13/10/2009
BECKMAN Coulter has announced the Federal Trade Commission has terminated its review of the company's pending acquisition of Olympus Corporation's lab-based diagnostics business.
14/05/2009
A Microbial and Cellular Imaging and Analysis Facility has just been opened at the University of Technology, Sydney.
11/11/2009
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
University of Sydney researchers have been awarded a Federal Government grant for their work in ready-made skin replacements for third and second degree burns.
11/02/2010
The Federal government has announced that $487 million will be provided through the National Health and Medical Research Council to boost the nation’s health and medical research effort.
30/10/2009
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
The Federal Government has announced the successful grant applications under the 2009 round of the Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (CCRS).
23/11/2009
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
Project grants totalling $380 million will be funded out of the latest multi-million dollar boost to Australian health and medical research by the Federal government.
02/11/2009
The Federal Government has announced the recipients of this year's National Health and Medical Research Council Australia Fellowships.
11/02/2010
Commercialisation Australia will help 21 new Australian innovations develop from research ideas to commercialised products and services, including anti-cancer therapeutics and technology to protect dolphins.
22/04/2010
The Federal Government will provide AUD$150 million to boost Australia's health and medical research efforts. Some of the projects funded include research into malaria, epilepsy, finding a treatment for stuttering, and respiratory support for preterm babies.
26/02/2010
The University of Melbourne has been awarded more than AUD$35 million to improve the lives of people suffering Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, knee osteoarthritis and bacterial infections.
04/03/2010