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rss05-16-2012
Agenix Limited announced that Japan's Patent Office had granted a key patent covering the manufacturing process of its ThromboView® imaging agent for the detection of blood clots in humans. Agenix Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nicholas Weston said, "The granting of patent protection ...
04-03-2012
An international team of researchers led by the University of Melbourne has used new technology to fast track the discovery of a breast cancer risk gene and could assist in the discovery of other cancer genes.Professor Melissa Southey of the Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of ...
10-24-2011
Agilent Technologies Inc. and the University of Technology, Sydney, announced the establishment of a joint nuclear magnetic resonance research facility. “At UTS, we’re already doing some fantastic work using NMR, including a project looking at the development of more effective fingerprinting ...
12-22-2010
The organochlorine 2,2-dichloropropionate, also known as dalapon, is a herbicide that’s regulated in potable water in Australia, but it is also a little known disinfection by-propduct (DBP). Typical levels when formed as a DBP and their relationship to other DBPs are virtually ...
Scientists use an ion beam to produce conductive plastic films for electrical resistance thermometers
12-20-2010
Researchers at the Universities of Queensland and New South Wales in Australia have discovered that the ability of a plastic to conduct electricity can be tuned by exposure to an ion beam. Usually plastics conduct electricity so poorly that they are used as the insulation around electrical ...
11-16-2010
Stage 1 of HealthLinx Limited’smulti-centre, multi-site second study for OvPlex™ has returned excellent initial data for the two new biomarkers AGR2 and HTX010 being evaluated for accuracy in diagnosing ovarian cancer. To date, AGR2 and HTX010 data have been analysed in over 400 case and ...
06-23-2010
Genetic Technologies Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Lewis Stuart as General Manager of its North American molecular diagnostics business. The new division is the result of the Company’s recent acquisition of US assets including BREVAGen™, a fully validated risk assessment test for ...
03-24-2010
Two decades of atomic bomb testing in the atmosphere are yielding an unexpected bonus for consumers, scientists reported here at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). It's a new test to determine whether that Bordeaux or burgundy is from a fine vintage year and ...
03-11-2010
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the strategic partnership with Pacific Laboratory Products in Australia to provide best-in-class technical support and efficient delivery for the entire range of Agilent Chromatography Columns and Supplies products. “We have long established partnership ...
03-01-2010
Top pharmaceutical and biotech companies face a major slow down in sales growth over 2008–14 according to a new report by independent business analyst Datamonitor. The report title “Pharmaceutical Company Outlook to 2014” considers the forecast performance of the world’s biggest ...
