Australian Biotechnology News

Stories by: Kate McDonald

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    Feature: Proteomics power of pawpaw 07/09/2010 16:01:00

    It may sound like the spiel of a snake-oil salesman, but the story behind the development of a new Australian product derived from an extract of pawpaw (Carica papaya) designed to promote wound healing is a compelling one. The Australian company behind it, Phoenix Eagle, has developed a new product, OPAL A, that could revolutionise wound healing and wound care.
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    Feature: Multiplexing cancers of unknown primaries 13/10/2009 12:29:00

    A new test under development could aid in the currently problematic diagnosis of cancers of unknown primary.
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    The performance of perforin-like proteins 14/07/2009 16:27:00

    Understanding the role of the membrane attack complex/perforin-like protein (MACPF) super-family is the main aim of Professor James Whisstock’s lab. Recently, the lab has been able to help solve a scientific mystery dating back a hundred years.
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    Heavy metal: the chemistry of Alzheimer’s disease 09/07/2009 15:01:00

    The literature is full of failed attempts to find good biomarkers in blood, and Barnham thinks he knows why.
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    Making sense of the transcriptome 06/07/2009 13:11:00

    Transcriptomics is a fast moving field, although Sean Grimmond and his lab are helping to lead the way.
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    Cytogenetics: from the microscope to the microarray 29/06/2009 18:18:00

    Clinical and research cytogeneticists are still using technology predominantly developed in the 1970s for their work, so the emergence of microarrays specifically for cytogenetics is coming as a welcome relief.
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    Junk no more - RNAs get networking 26/06/2009 15:28:00

    New technology is allowing us to probe the dark matter of the genome, providing further evidence for John Mattick’s no-longer controversial argument that much of the genome, previously thought to be junk DNA, actually codes for a vast network of regulatory RNAs.
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    Hot Arabidopsis and its triplet trouble 14/05/2009 12:47:00

    A massive triplet repeat expansion found in a wild strain of Arabidopsis thaliana could prove a very useful, and genetically tractable, model to study aspects of trinucleotide repeat disorders.
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    Muscling up with chemo-resistant stem cells 12/05/2009 10:41:00

    An Australian team has been able to re-grow skeletal muscle in a mouse model using a combination of chemo-ablation and chemo-resistant stem cells.
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    Starpharma scores another multinational 11/05/2009 12:32:00

    Starpharma signs deal with Eli Lilly’s animal health division
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    Eye on emu for BioProspect 11/05/2009 10:23:00

    Termite foe BioProspect eyes off emu oil product range
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