RMIT, Siemens and Festo partner to create new Industrial Digital Innovation Hub
25 June 2020 RMIT, Siemens and Festo have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore major areas of cooperation to help drive workforce transformation for Industry 4.0 in the Australasian region, including the establishment of an…
Sienna Diagnostics Calls Notting Hill Home
26 June 2020 Sienna relocates to 23 Normanby Road, Notting Hill. Sienna leaves the STC precinct after a successful 5 years. Development, commercialisation and launch of the hTERT IVD in the USA (2016) Successful registrations and l istings…
Planet Innovation wins global manufacturing contract for decontamination products used worldwide for infectious disease control
26 June 2020 TOMI Environmental Solutions, a global company specializing in decontamination and disinfection, has selected Planet Innovation, a healthtech innovation and commercialization company, to manufacture its SteraMist® range of products used worldwide for infectious disease control, including…
CSL Behring Agrees to Acquire Novel Late-Stage Gene Therapy Candidate for Hemophilia B Patients from uniQure
24 June 2020 Global biotherapeutics leader CSL Behring announced today that it has agreed to acquire exclusive global license rights to commercialize an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy program, AMT-061 (etranacogene dezaparvovec), for the treatment of hemophilia B from uniQure (NASDAQ:…
Medicinal cannabis may reduce behavioural problems in kids with intellectual disabilities
25 June 2020 Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found. The pilot study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published…
ARMI Scientists Harness Computing Power to Unlock Biological Networks
23 June 2020 A new algorithm developed by ARMI researchers is set to become the gold standard in network analysis. Called “Integrated Value of Influence (IVI),” the algorithm will help systems biology scientists better understand development and…
Critically-ill Australian children receive genetic tests in record time
23 June 2020 Access to life-saving genomic testing for critically-ill children across Australia is a step closer, with the release of a new study that finds ultra-rapid testing can transform the diagnosis and treatment of children in intensive…
Australians Among First In The World To Open Access For Life-Saving Minimally Invasive Heart Treatment To All Patients
25 June 2020 All Australians living with symptoms of severe aortic stenosis no longer face open heart surgery as the only treatment option, with public access to a less invasive therapy – previously reserved for only the sickest…
Planet Innovation produces beta units of Truvian’s automated point-of-care blood testing system
24 June 2020 Planet Innovation (PI), a healthtech innovation and commercialization company, has partnered with Truvian, a healthcare company at the intersection of diagnostics and consumer technology, to design and manufacture a new point-of-care blood testing device to…
New light shone on inflammatory cell death regulator
19 June 2020 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have made significant advances in understanding the inflammatory cell death regulatory protein MLKL and its role in disease. In a trio of studies published today in the journal Nature Communications,…
Dr Larry Marshall reappointed as CSIRO Chief Executive
22 June 2020 The Board of Directors of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is pleased to reappoint Dr Larry Marshall as Chief Executive for a further three years. Dr Marshall joined CSIRO in 2015. David Thodey AO, Chair…
Grey Innovation: NOTUS Ventilator Program Update
22 June 2020 Ten weeks ago, the Hon Karen Andrews MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology announced the $31.3m Grey Innovation supply contract for 2,000 emergency invasive ventilators. Named after the Greek God of Southern Wind, the…
