Is biotech out of favor or just back under the radar?
A friend recently declared biotechnology to be “old technology.” “New tech is nano and small technologies,” he said. “Climate change is in, biotech is out.” He went on to demonstrate the superficial...
View ArticleVictoria drug on the path to U.S. and E.U. markets
BioMelbourne Network reported today that Melbourne-based HalcyGen Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: HGN) announced Tuesday the recruitment and treatment of the last patient in its U.S.-based Phase II,...
View ArticleVictoria as the global center of the “Wheel of Hope” for sufferers of rare...
Countdown to BIO 2010: More than a decade ago, Cynthia Pollak, disappointed at a lack of information and research available on a rare form of vascular cancer that had been contracted by her son, began...
View ArticleResearchers test laser treatment for age-related macular degeneration
BIO 2010: Researchers at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) in Melbourne have begun to test laser therapy aimed at stopping the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a...
View ArticleMelbourne researchers improve ovarian cancer test
The exact causes of ovarian cancer are unknown. But this disease is one of the most exasperating to women and their doctors. That’s because there is no reliable test available to properly diagnose...
View ArticleMelbourne scientists begin trial on vaccine against killer infant virus
After almost four decades of research, Australian scientists have begun clinical trials of a new vaccine to prevent one of the deadliest childhood diseases — rotavirus. Most people know rotavirus...
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