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Griffith University researchers map out new approach An international study, involving researchers from Griffith University's Eskitis Institute, has discovered a molecule which could form the basis of powerful new anti-malaria drugs. Professor Vicky Avery from Griffith University's Eskitis Institute is co-author of the paper "Quinolone-3-Diarylethers: a new class of drugs for a new era of malaria eradication" which has been published in the journal Science Translational Medicine....
Griffith University researchers find cancer cell weakness Scientists at Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics and The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have discovered a critical weakness in leukaemic cells, which may pave the way to new treatments. The research team has demonstrated that leukaemic cells can be eradicated by removing a carbohydrate modification displayed on the cell's surface. Director of Griffith University's Institute for...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Learning how to swim at an early age could make youngsters smarter and help them reach developmental milestones faster than the average child, according to research conducted at one Australian university. According to a Thursday press statement, Griffith University Institute for Educational Research professor Robyn Jorgensen and colleagues surveyed the parents of 7,000 children under the age of five from Australia, New Zealand,...
SYDNEY, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A multi-million-dollar contract with the United States Government will see a team of computer scientists from NICTA, Australia's Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence, develop a new breed of software to protect the critical systems in unmanned vehicles from cyber attack. A consortium, led by Rockwell Collins with NICTA as a core member, won the 4.5-year, US$18 million project with the US Defense Advanced...
Griffith Uni researchers lead light breakthrough Research physicists have demonstrated the first device capable of amplifying the information in a single particle of light without adding noise. The research collaboration, involving Griffith University, The University of Queensland and University of Science and Technology of China, was able to amplify the noisy quantum state of a single photon subjected to loss, without adding noise in the process; in fact, their amplification reduced...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The art of microphotography just got a little smaller this week, as researchers announced they were able to snap a photo of a single atom for the first time. A Griffith University research team reported in the journal Nature Communications that they were able to successfully take a picture of the image. "We have reached the extreme limit of microscopy; you can not see anything smaller than an atom using visible light," Professor...
The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy. An initiative between the Griffith's School of Information Communication Technology and the Eskitis Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, the technology will allow the automated identification, separation and analysis of cells as complex as nerve cells in the brain. "Scientists and...
The King Cobra continues to weave its charm with researchers identifying a protein in its venom with the potential for new drug discovery and to advance understanding of disease mechanisms.The novel protein named haditoxin has been described in the prestigious Journal of Biological Chemistry (March 12, 2010).The editorial board of the journal has selected this work as the "Paper of the Week" recognizing it as being in the top one per cent of their published articles in terms of...
