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Stories about: University of New South Wales

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    Feature: Fighting cancer with proteomics 19/08/2010 16:33:00

    Who would have thought that a staid structural part of the cell could be so treacherous in cancer, determining life or death? Maria Kavallaris at Children’s Cancer Institute Australia is using a mixture of proteomics and good old-fashioned biology to fight such treachery head-on.
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    Want a career in science? Good at maths? Bioinformatics needs you! 05/08/2010 17:14:00

    The staggering amounts of data being generated in genomics, epigenomics, proteomics and other ‘omics studies - not to mention systems biology, which attempts to knit the various ‘omics together - is presenting a titanic challenge for life science researchers.
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    Feature: Hunting for a hepatitis vaccine 04/08/2010 10:35:00

    Professor Andrew Lloyd of the University of New South Wales is one of the central figures in the HITS study (Hepatitis C Incidence and Transmission Study) is a long-term prospective cohort study of eligible prison inmates in NSW. Lloyd’s cohort comprises high-risk, uninfected injecting drug users, who are followed at regular intervals longitudinally.
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    Roundtable: from innovation to commercialisation - Part II: the valley of death 29/06/2010 09:40:00

    In this section of the roundtable the panellists discussed the so-called 'valley of death' between a promising discovery and having a product that the industry will actually put money behind.
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    Roundtable: from innovation to commercialisation - Part III: closing comments 28/06/2010 11:50:00

    In this final part of the roundtable discussion the panellists address the role of government in commercialisation and then provide their closing comments on how we can improve the system in Australia.
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    Roundtable: from innovation to commercialisation - Part I: research and business 28/06/2010 11:26:00

    It's the perennial question: how do we effectively translate cutting edge research into successful products in the market? Australian Life Scientist brought together a panel of industry luminaries to discuss the challenges of commercialisation in Australia.
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    Major new cancer centre opens in Sydney 28/05/2010 13:45:00

    The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and NSW premier Kristina Keneally together opened the new Lowy Cancer Research Centre at Sydney’s University of New South Wales ( UNSW ) this morning.
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    How to succeed in biotech: get the best people 27/04/2010 12:07:00

    Venture capital looks for three things in a biotechology company: people, people and people. So said Michael Quinn, managing partner at Innovation Capital, speaking at the inaugural Australian Life Scientist Roundtable discussion on Friday.
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    Epigenetics makes cancer cell "lean mean machine" 22/02/2010 14:43:00

    Garvan researchers find gene silencing in prostate cancer is more substantial than expected and could provide key to battling cancer.
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    Ancient koalas had booming voices 21/12/2009 12:49:00

    A study of the ancestors to modern koalas shows they had a different diet but could produce 'bellowing' calls.
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    Prima BioMed developing oral cervical cancer vaccine 18/11/2009 10:57:00

    Prima BioMed collaborating with Ian Frazer to develop new oral vaccine for human papillomavirus.
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