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But researchers have to teach yeast to make it Thursday 5 June 2014 Queensland researchers are persuading baker’s yeast to produce orange-flavoured renewable jet fuel from sugar. Mr Timothy …
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Tuesday 3 June 2014 Scientist available for interview in Perth on Tuesday 3 June Dr Francis Torres, a physicist at the University of Western Australia, has developed the mirror device at the …
Could we wake up our brain’s stem cells to repair injury and disease – Kaylene Young, Hobart How adult cells change identity as they’re turned into stem cells – Jose Polo, Melbourne Kaylene's full …
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Hobart researcher Kaylene Young believes she can persuade lazy stem cells in our brain to repair brain injuries and even treat diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s. Dr Kaylene Young …
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Jose Polo is unravelling the details of how stem cells can be produced from adult cells through a mix of identity theft and reprogramming. It is work that needs to be done before such stem cells can …
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5am AEST, 28 May 2014 Vision: laboratories, close-up photos of the worms, footage of Michael’s talk Cairns researchers have discovered a wound-healing and cancer-causing hormone in the spit of a …
Researchers discover how our immune cells bind to wheat proteins triggering the condition Embargo: 1 am AEST Tuesday 29 April 2014 Published in Nature Structural and Molecular …
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A team from Melbourne, Monash, UQ and the synchrotron (including core members of the ARC Imaging Centre team) have found what sends our MAITs into action to protect our gut from invaders. The …
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Melbourne, Monash, UQ and the synchrotron find what sends our MAITs into action to protect our gut from invaders. Our guts, lungs and mouths are lined with mysterious immune cells that make up to ten …
On Thursday 27 March 2014 (AEDT) Nature Publishing Group releases the Nature Publishing Index 2013 Asia-Pacific as a supplement to Nature. The Index measures the output of research articles from …
PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Thursday 27 March 2014 China and Japan continue to battle for the Asia-Pacific science crown as the region also boosts its contribution to global …
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PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Thursday 27 March 2014 Australia retains third place in a dynamic Asia-Pacific region, with its greatest strengths still in earth and environmental …
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