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• Plastic nanopheres deliver drugs.(TECHNOLOGY UPDATE)

  - 2007-06-01

  A researcher at the University of New South Wales, Australia, has developed plastic nanospheres that could be used to treat cancer by delivering anticancer drugs more effectively and safely. When anticancer drugs are injected into the blood, they are recognized as toxic foreign agents...

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• Scientists seek diabetes stem-cell key.

  - 2006-12-07

  Byline: Deborah Smith Dec 07, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- University of New South Wales researcher, Kuldip Sidhu, hopes to make use of newly-passed laws permitting therapeutic cloning. Sidhu intends to be among the first Australian medical researchers to apply...

  Tags: cell, embryo, researcher, stem-cell, University of New South Wales

• Scientists leap at the chance to break new ground.

  - 2006-12-07

  Byline: Deborah Smith Dec 07, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- University of New South Wales researcher, Kuldip Sidhu, hopes to make use of newly-passed laws permitting therapeutic cloning. Sidhu intends to be among the first Australian medical researchers...

  Tags: cell, embryo, researcher, University of New South Wales

• Megafauna extinction idea challenged.

  - 2006-06-04

  Byline: Deborah Smith Jun 04, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A scientific debate has broken out in Australia about the reasons for the disappearance of "megafauna". The giant ancestors of current marsupials and other species are widely believed to have...

  Tags: Australia, disappearance, researcher, species, theory, University of New South Wales

• Foods make the nerves go bananas.

  - 2006-04-26

  Byline: Michelle Pountney Apr 26, 2006 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian researchers have found that potassium can cause nerve damage in kidney failure patients. Researchers at the University of New South Wales have linked too much potassium in the diet...

  Tags: food, Manufacturing, patient, researcher, University of New South Wales

• Beat blues before you get them.

  - 2006-02-28

  Byline: Julie Robotham and Ruth Pollard Feb 28, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- University of New South Wales researchers have identified a link between a gene ...

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• Seaweed discovery sends out right signal.

  - 2005-10-18

  Byline: James Dunn Oct 18, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian biotechnology company, Biosignal, has a promising outlook. The business was listed in 2004...

  Tags: Biotechnology, researcher, University of New South Wales

• 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...

  Tags: bacteria, chemicals, Macquarie University, researcher, University of New South Wales

• Xypex undergoes testing for permeability-reducing admixtures.

  - 2003-07-25

  Jul 25, 2003 (Building Australia Magazine - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian researchers examined the effects of Xypex's Admix C-series on commercial concrete mixes. The aim of the research, conducted at the Australian Centre for Construction Innovation at the University of New South Wales, was...

  Tags: MARKETING, researcher, University of New South Wales

• Silicon Optoelectronic Outlook Brightens.

  - 2003-07-01

  Researchers from the University of New South Wales UNSW have found that silicon may be able to emit more light than previously thought. This result, recently reported in Applied Physics Letters, opens up the possibility of using the semiconductor industry's workhorse material in optoelectronics. For years, bulk crystalline...

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