THE ROYAL Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Foundation Research Grant Awards 2009 has paid tribute to some of Queensland’s leading medical researchers at an awards show in Brisbane.
11/02/2009
QUEENSLAND is breaking into one of the world's major markets for clinical trials of medical and pharmaceutical products and equipment.
18/09/2009
THE NATIONAL Health and Medical Research Council has awarded grants of up to $2.5 million each for six new Centres for Clinical Research Excellence (CCREs) to carry out high-quality clinical research.
02/07/2009
RESEARCH and Markets has released a new report titled ‘Australia Drug Delivery Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015’.
09/07/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Bligh Government has allocated $1.1m funding towards an international alliance which will be dedicated to developing vaccines to prevent chronic infections and cancer.
20/05/2009
APPLIED Biosystems and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have announced a strategic alliance to research complex diseases and medical conditions.
11/03/2009
Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released a publication to support healthcare professionals dealing with patients considering genetic testing, and how to order the appropriate genetic test, interpret results, and provide follow-up care to the patient and family.
25/05/2010
BERRINGA Honey has developed world standard medical grade honey which is currently being exported to overseas markets, including the USA.
26/05/2009
SCIENTISTS working in the United States and Brazil have released new research data announcing a breakthrough in the treatment of type one diabetes.
15/04/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has announced its plans to grant two million dollars for to research into the care and treatment of psychogeriatric disorders.
06/02/2009
A database listing potentially hazardous interactions of prescription and herbal medicines is due to be released. Database subscribers will be able to search a herb or supplement against a drug (or vice-versa), and obtain a recommendation on whether the combination should be avoided or requires caution.
01/12/2009
A TRIAL of swine flu vaccine in children has begun in Australia with the results to be known within weeks.
12/08/2009
THE QUEENSLAND state government has implemented a health listening tour across Queensland allowing the Health minister to meet frontline staff and see the first-hand challenges facing the health network.
30/03/2009
Australian researchers at the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI), Sydney, has lead to the development of a test for approximately 15% of all cancers, including some of the most aggressive and potentially lethal.
23/11/2009
A Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) team has formed a partnership with Scottsdale Healthcare to conduct the first clinical trials for a drug, NMS-1286937, designed to halt cell division.
15/12/2009
RESEARCHERS from the Chaim Sheba Medical Centre have conducted a study which shows young men engaging in strenuous physical activity are at risk of low blood counts and iron deficiency.
21/09/2009
A REPORT released from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found Australia is in the top ten countries with the highest rates of Type 1 diabetes in children.
25/08/2009
THE CSIRO has developed software which will standardise the clinical descriptions of patients’ symptoms, treatments and outcomes used in electronic health records around the world.
06/02/2009
Amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) allows health practitioners in the private sector to disclose genetic information to a genetic relative of the patient without the patient's consent.
28/01/2010
GE has launched a ‘GE Healthymagination Fund’ that will invest in highly promising healthcare technology companies. The equity fund will focus on companies globally that have innovative diagnostic, IT, and life sciences technologies aligned with the strategic objectives of GE’s Healthymagination initiative.
23/10/2009