molecular biology

Eye drug finds new life in Geelong diabetes trial

People with diabetes invited to participate in trial

Media release: Geelong, Friday 23 April 2010

Modern drugs can stabilise adult onset diabetes but with some serious side effects. A Geelong-based company, Verva Pharmaceuticals, has a new approach – a drug used for many years to treat eye disease. In animal testing, the drug restored sensitivity to insulin. But will it be effective and safe in people? [continue reading…]

The miracle of milk revealed online

Milk is complex, and understanding its molecular biology is a difficult but rewarding challenge.

Not only are human and cow milk of huge social and economic importance, the milk of other animals reveals much about the evolution and development of mammals – including us.

Victorian researchers have created a unique computing resource to share information about their discoveries of milk’s molecular biology.

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