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• Unleashing bugs to clean up contaminated soil.

  - 2006-09-25

  Sep 25, 2006 (Environmental Business - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Mike Manefield has won one of the 2006 Eureka Prizes. Manefield, a senior research associate in the Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bioinnovation at the University of New South Wales, received the award for his...

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• Bacteria to help battle Botany's poisoned aquifer.

  - 2006-09-03

  Byline: Deborah Smith Sep 03, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There are plans to identify bacteria that can help clean up toxic chemicals in the groundwater under Botany. Dr Mike Manefield of the University of New South Wales's...

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• Flu vaccines get a shot in the arm.

  - 2006-05-28

  Byline: Julie Robotham May 28, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Researchers in Sydney are to begin a study of the effectiveness of a probiotic product in boosting influenza vaccinations. The PCC compound is won from lactobacillus bacteria, and...

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• Slime-Eating Paints.

  - 2005-10-11

  Byline: Laura Fayers Oct 11, 2005 (Australasian Science - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian researchers are continuing with research that could help stop biofouling of ship hulls. Cleaning and...

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• Cholera's signals jammed.

  - 2005-05-24

  May 24, 2005 (Australasian Science - ABIX via COMTEX) Scientists in Australia have discovered a remarkable thing about an Australian seaweed.The seaweed produces a compound that protects against cholera and other bacterial diseases. The seaweed, Delisea Pulchra, produces furanones that interfere with the signalling...

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• UNSW research finds Biosignal's furanones as potential new class of human antibiotics.(University of New South Wales)

  - 2004-12-01

  Biosignal Limited (Sydney, Australia) has been advised that early stage laboratory research led by Dr Diane McDougald, a senior research associate in the Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-Innovation at the University of New South Wales, has demonstrated the efficacy of Biosignal's furanones against bacteria that...

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