Breakthrough lung disease scanner receives $1.1 M backing from Australian govt

The Australian government has provided $1.1 million towards development of a new scanner which could revolutionise diagn...

July 25, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australia launches national cell and gene manufacturing blueprint

AusBiotech, an Australian industry body representing and advocating for organisations doing business in and with the glo...

July 24, 2023 | Monday | News
Australia introduces new cardiovascular disease guidelines

The Australian Government has launched the first major update to the cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines in ove...

July 21, 2023 | Friday | News
Generative AI to contribute $13 B annually to Australia’s healthcare sector by 2030: Report

A new report says that Australia’s healthcare sector could unlock billions of dollars in value by 2030 if it accel...

July 20, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australia announces world first trial for kids with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Three boys in New South Wales (NSW), Australia have become the youngest patients in the world to receive therapy for Duc...

July 19, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Quest Diagnostics with Australian firm Envision Sciences launches novel prostate cancer test in US

US-based Quest Diagnostics has announced the launch of a novel prostate cancer biomarker test through its subspecialty p...

July 18, 2023 | Tuesday | News
$3.8 M funding boost to BioSpine research project in Australia

A crucial Griffith University research programme focusing on digitally-enabled rehabilitation technology for spinal cord...

July 14, 2023 | Friday | News
STI test kit vending machines trial to improve sexual health services in Victoria

Free sexually transmitted infection (STI) test kit vending machines have been introduced for the first time in regional ...

July 13, 2023 | Thursday | News
Data collection underway for ground-breaking cancer study in Australia

A first of its kind study exploring cancer in First Nations Australian communities has begun data collection with the la...

July 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
China Scholarship Council and University of Melbourne partner to fund PhD candidates until 2027

The University of Melbourne, Australia has announced a partnership renewal with the China Scholarship Council for ...

July 11, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australia launches new cardiovascular research centre

A new cardiovascular research centre in Australia is bringing together Monash University, the Baker Heart and ...

July 10, 2023 | Monday | News
Australia’s biomedical research sector set to expand

Monash University in Australia has acquired a prime Parkville property that will become a key addition to its Parkville ...

July 6, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australian startup Inoviq inks global joint marketing agreement with Promega

Australia-based startup Inoviq, an innovative developer of exosome solutions and precision diagnostics, and US-based Pro...

July 7, 2023 | Friday | News
“Urgent action is needed worldwide to reduce AMR and protect our existing antibiotics"

What is being done to tackle AMR in the APAC region?  AMR is a global problem and it requires a global response. T...

July 4, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
“New technologies are required to fill the gap and reverse resistance to existing antibiotics”

What is being done to tackle AMR within APAC? In 2015, the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly endorsed The Global Acti...

July 4, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Australia explores use of yeast dust to make affordable diagnostic test

Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, have made a dust from baker’s yeast that can detect...

July 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Australia designs smart glasses to improve diagnosis and treatment of foot wounds

Mixed-reality smart glasses with holographic features are set to revolutionise the treatment of leg and foot wounds for ...

June 27, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australian startup Psylo advances depression treatment with Japanese pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo

Australia-based biotech startup Psylo has entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with global Japanese pharmaceutica...

June 23, 2023 | Friday | News