Victorian patients with frontotemporal dementia to trial new drug
IN a world-first trial, Victorians with a devastating form of dementia that strikes in middle age will be given a drug aimed at slowing the disease. Thousands of Australians have the condition, which causes changes in personality and…
Beyond the Big Idea – Dr Krystal Evans talks about Innovation
Everyone talks about it, but what does innovation really mean? And how do you create a culture in which innovators flourish? The University of Melbourne believes it has some answers. Read article here
New series puts Australian health under the microscope
Dr Shalin Naik from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute is co-hosting a new ABC health and medical science education series, Ask the Doctor, which premieres at 8pm on Tuesday 16 May.In a twelve-part series, the state of the…
Nature Jobs Career Guide Melbourne
Nature has release a careers guide supplement foccussing on Melbourne’s biomedical sector. Melbourne’s institutions cluster into discrete geographic hubs, with a solid culture of collaboration and an emphasis on biomedical research. Learn more about the area’s leading scientific…
Changes to the R&D Tax Incentive: Putting a handbrake on innovation (September 2016)
September 2016 The R&D Tax Incentive Review paper was released on 28th of September, making recommendations on changes to the scheme – including a proposed $2Million cap on the annual cash refund payable under the R&D Tax Incentive.…
R&D tax spend cap should be doubled to $200m: review urges
The amount companies can spend on research and development and receive a tax offset should be doubled to $200 million, a review of the $3 billion R&D tax incentive program has recommended. The R&D tax incentive cost the…
Biomedical Breakthroughs takes close look at our bodies at Melbourne Museum
If you’re reading this through the misery of a mid-winter flu, at least you’re better off than the poor Bendigo boy who found himself in World War I with a bullet wound in the arm, tuberculosis in the…
Bridge to MassChallenge open for applications
Applications are now open until September 20th, for an Australia-wide startup competition targeting the highest-impact, highest-potential entrepreneurs. The competition will bring together international judges and collaborate with Australian ecosystem leaders to identify the top startups. Finalists will receive…
Melbourne based Planet innovation tops the AFR 50 Most Innovative Companies 2016 list
Every year millions of people die or become gravely ill from infectious diseases such as influenza, HIV, Chlamydia and Zika virus. Currently, 80 per cent of all tests for infectious diseases involve taking a patient sample and sending…
Fight Club – A Personal Account of Immunotherapy Treatment in Melbourne
A personal journey illustrating the potential benefits of immunotherapy and also featuring several leading oncology practitioners based in Melbourne When Steven Jones-Evans was diagnosed with bladder cancer, the prognosis was grim. His only hope was new – and expensive…
He makes 3D skull and bone implants but now he’s in pain
Melbourne neurosurgeon Paul d’Urso founded Anatomics 20 years ago to make customised 3D print cranial implants. With the advent of new, stronger materials such as powdered titanium Anatomics has expanded the range to load bearing spinal, heel and…
Medicinal cannabis startup LeafCann hopes to secure first Australian licence to establish trial crops in regional Victoria
Since Victoria has become the first Australian state to legalise the manufacture and supply of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes, cultivators have begun the lengthy process of securing an Australian licence. Chris Nasr is one such cultivator…
