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Australian woman wins legal battle against US biotech company’s BRCA genes patent
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Queensland cancer survivor Yvonne ...
Australia’s assisted reproduction fueled by imported US sperm
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Australia has a strong ...
Can our body’s immune system become cancer-fighting machine?
Monash University researchers have discovered the way in which a common blood cancer thrives by concealing itself from the body’s ...
Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in Australian wildlife raise public health concerns
Researchers have discovered antibiotic resistance genes are spreading to bacteria of Australian wildlife, which is worrying given the animals have ...
Relationship problems? Genes may be responsible
In a study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour, scientists from the University of Queensland claimed to have ...
Australian state legistlates anonymity agreement for sperm donors and their children
Victorians conceived through sperm donation will now be able to find out who their biological father is - but only ...
Blood-forming stem cells produced in laboratory for potential use in cancer treatment
Scientists in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, have discovered how the body produces blood-forming stem cells which exist in bone marrow ...
Neanderthals and humans interbred longer than previously thought
Europeans may be closer to their Neanderthal cousins than was previously thought. Breeding with now-extinct Neanderthals is known to have ...
Gene makes saliva super-potent, linked to weight
Perhaps it should be renamed the Atkins gene. Scientists have found a small piece of genetic code that seems to ...
Gene-banking lizard sperm to prevent species extinction
Scientists will take a major step forward using biotechnological methods to help conserve reptiles in Western Australia's Kimberley region. The ...
Genomics is as important as the discovery of antibiotics
The researcher behind Australia's acquisition of a breakthrough DNA sequencing machine said genomics could have as significant an impact on ...
Scientists to analyze the DNA of Australia’s most famous racehorse
The following is an excerpt. Scientists will map the genome of Australia's greatest racehorse, Phar Lap, hoping to unlock the ...
New algae genome mapped
The following is an excerpt. It's just a tiny thing - a single-celled organism visible only under a microscope - ...
West Australian government dismisses as scaremongering call to abandon GM wheat trial
SCIENTISTS from three countries are warning a CSIRO-led push to make Australia the first nation in the world to introduce ...
Australian anti-GM acitivists demand GMO labeling
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has approved 43 varieties of genetically modified canola, corn, potato, rice, soybean and sugarbeet for ...
Scientist lashes ‘irrational’ green groups for hypocrisy over GM crops
A pre-eminent Australian crop scientist and the former head of the world wheat breeding centre has launched a scathing attack ...
First study of nausea genetics
RESEARCHERS are planning the first genetic study to help determine which patients are at risk of nausea and vomiting after ...