Introduction
The human embryonal carcinoma (EC) cell line 2102Ep is relatively nullipotent and expresses most of the same markers as undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC). It is useful for assay development, as a positive control, and as a reference standard to correlate data between experiments or laboratories. GlobalStem Inc. (Rockville, MD) has developed a product, [...]

Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) is a partnership between the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service (SESIAHS). 
NEWS : Since the launch of the IHMRI Research Network on 9 December 2009 (pictured), more than 280 of the region’s health and medical community have registered for membership. 
The Network has [...]

Just over five years ago, when Dr Jodie Simpson and a team of researchers in the respiratory team at the Hunter Medical Research Institute began to plan their now-internationally lauded asthma treatment study, they were fighting an uphill battle to find anyone who even accepted there was more than one type of the condition.
Acknowledgement of [...]

Centre for Cancer Biology
The major aim of the “Centre for Cancer Biology” (CCB) is to pursue a culture of scientific excellence and innovation to understand the fundamental basis of cancer with the goal of developing better treatment strategies.
Strengths:

The CCB has a critical mass and an international track record in cancer biology research.
The members of the [...]

Brighter than the sun
Australia’s biomedical and health researchers have a shiny new set of tools at their disposal at the Australian Synchrotron, the nation’s newest and brightest user facility.
From Alzheimer’s disease, anthrax and arthritis to leukaemia, malaria, Parkinson’s disease, tonsillitis, tuberculosis and flesh-eating bacteria, the Australian Synchrotron is helping researchers find the answers to some [...]

A paper published by the University of Queensland’s Professor Wayne Hall and NDARC’s Professor Louisa Degenhardt states that Australians are the ‘highest’ cannabis users in the world, only matched by USA and New Zealand.

The Health Economics Collaborative (HEC) is a joint initiative of SA Health, the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and Flinders University.
The HEC aims to build a decision and policy making culture within SA Health and partner agencies consistent with principles of health economics and to foster and strengthen the health economics capacity [...]

Australia is well placed to make a significant contribution to further developing our understanding of ocular health, the optical system and technology that will provide superior vision for billions around the world needing vision correction.

Chronic disease research is providing a realistic picture of what is needed to close the gap between health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
University of Queensland researcher Professor Wendy Hoy, has studied Indigenous health for 16 years and her work was recognised by a NHMRC Australian Fellowship in 2008.  Her research has helped build our knowledge [...]

 
Historically, single-cell gene expression experiments have been difficult and expensive to perform. Recently Fluidigm introduced a new single-cell gene expression protocol that, when used with the BioMark™ Real-Time PCR system, produces inexpensive, easily reproducible, gene expression results from single-cell samples.
The method is ideally suited to moderate- to high-throughput cell-line studies to determine individual cell behavior [...]