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Australian life science companies will get a boost internationally with the launch of a BioSpace Australia Hotbed Campaign, which is designed to promote Australian Companies overseas.
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The European Union will begin considering whether to lift the ban on GM crops on
monday. This would please the United States, which recently suggested it may consider legal action against the moratorium.
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Ironically, the United States is trying to convince the United Nations to ban
all forms of human cloning, even therapeutic cloning. They're having a lot of trouble getting the resolution through the UN because a lot of countries believe therapeutic cloning can help cure many diseases.
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A study has found that targeting HDL (good cholesterol) reduces the effect of
bad cholesterol and reverses 'hardening of the arteries'. The study used synthesised HDL, but it might be a better idea to look for natural sources of the compound.
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Opponents to GM crops in New Zealand were angered by attempts to keep the
company behind one proposed trial a secret. The identity of the company has since been revealed, and the company said commercial crops of the GM onions was a long way off.
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Australian astronaut Andrew Thomas has been chosen to crew the next space
shuttle flight by NASA.
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The Sun has been flaring up far more than normal recently -- in fact it is the
most active it has ever been in modern times. Which is not really that long, on the scale of solar time.
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There's a fair bit of arguing going on as to whether Voyager 1 has actually
reached the edge of the solar system. It is now 90 times further away from the sun than Earth, well beyond all the planets.
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Scientists have identified a new galaxy, which is actually the closest galaxy to
the Milky Way. How did they miss it? Possibly because the Milky Way is currently gobbling it up.
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Astronomers and biologists at the University of Leicester have adapted a technology used to study light from distant galaxies to analysing DNA.
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Slashdot has an article up about human trials which will use a reovirus to fight cancer. The trials will be funded by the US National Cancer Institute. The body can fight reoviruses very easily, apparently, unless the cells are going through the berserk growth that accompanies cancer.
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US Scientists have also created nano-scale "golden bullets" which show promise
in fighting cancer. The idea appears to be to insert the nano-particles into the cancer cells and bathe the body with near-infrared light, which heats the bullets and kills the cell.
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The government knew months before it released its higher education package in
May that the changes would be likely to cause universities to axe courses and close campuses.
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Do humans have the monopoly on art?
