Investment in Graphene Research
Nanotechnology research led by Professor Dusan Losic, in the School of Chemical Engineering, recently received an $800,00 investment from Valence Industries, the owner and operator of the country’s...
View Article‘Biomarkers’ identified to assist early detection of stomach cancer
Stomach or gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the world and the second leading cause of death due to caner. University researchers working in the Adelaide Proteomics Centre have...
View ArticleProject to track Indonesian timber using DNA fingerprints
The University’s Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity has won a US$518,833 grant from the International Tropical Timber Organisation for a 2-year project in Indonesia. The...
View ArticleNew variety of barley developed
Dr Jason Eglinton’s Barley Breeding group from the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine has developed a new variety of barley named ‘Charger,’ in partnership with brewing companies Carlsberg and...
View ArticleHow legumes regulate the transport of nitrogen
Through the identification of two genes in soybeans, a research team led by Associate Professor Brent Kaiser in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, has uncovered a unique process by which legumes...
View ArticleNew DNA vaccine to protect against HIV and Hepatitis C
Professor Eric Gowans, from the University’s Discipline of Surgery, has submitted a patant application for a relatively simple but effective technique to stimulate the body’s immune system response,...
View ArticleStudy into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
University researchers have shed new light onto the possible causes of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) which chould help to prevent future loss of children’s lives. In a world-first study,...
View ArticleComputer model simulating cancer tumour growth and treatment
A University of Adelaide PhD student in the School of Chemistry and Physics, Mr Michael Douglass, has developed a computer model for simulating cancer tumour growth and treatment which is attracting...
View ArticleOmega 3 fatty acid supplementation found to have no improvements in cognitive...
Professor Maria Makrides (SAHMRI theme leader for Healthy Mothers, Babies and Children and Director WCHRI) and colleagues have recently published a major paper in the May 7 2014 issue of JAMA...
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