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Roos May Hold Key To Blocking Skin Cancers
01 Dec 2009
The article reports on the investigations of a team of scientists from Australia and Austria into an enzyme present in kangaroos that appears to repair damage to their DNA caused by UV rays. They are investigating whether a cream containing such an enzyme is a feasible solution for the prevention...
National Curriculum Year 10
Mixed Messages On Gene Patenting
23 Apr 2010
A US district court ruling that genes are a product of nature and not made or invented makes them ineligible to be patented. The article canvases a range of Australian opinions and possible implications for scientific research and the development of treatments for genetic diseases if the decision...
National Curriculum Year 10
Echidna Ancestors Swam With Platypuses
22 Sep 2009
This article is a report on the work of a number of Australian scientists related to the evolution of the Echidna and its genetic link to the Platypus. The scientists use DNA analysis to suggest that the Echidna was once an aquatic animal and is more closely linked to the Platypus than previously...
National Curriculum Year 10
Molecular Bypass
22 Apr 2010
Researchers in Perth, WA, have developed a new medicine that corrects genetic mistakes, exon skipping treatment. This is offering hope for people with serious illness. The technique works like a genetic patch which fills in for defective genes when a cell divides. The program focuses on Duchenne...
National Curriculum Year 10
Dr Craig Venter
27 May 2010
Dr Graham Phillips interviews Dr J Craig Venter just before he announced the first successful synthesis of a self-replicating bacterium. This process involved manufacturing a genome from scratch and then transferring it into a living bacterial cell. These custom-built organisms have the potential...
National Curriculum Year 10
Devil In The Detail
18 Jun 2009
Tasmanian Devils are threatened with extinction. They are afflicted by a unique type of contagious cancer that's never been seen in nature before. Unless the spread of the cancer can be stopped, they could be wiped out with devastating effect to Tasmania's ecosystems. New research from human cancer...
National Curriculum Year 10
Clever Cancer
27 May 2010
Dr Mary Demasi reports on a research project at the Garvan Institute in Sydney where scientists are studying a relatively new area called "epigenetics". This work with prostrate cancer shows that it's genes being turned on and off, not genetic change that controls the growth of some...
National Curriculum Year 10
Big Prawns
06 May 2010
The program provides information about the genetic manipulation of Tiger prawns though a selective breeding program. Using genetic fingerprinting and some clever marine aquaculture techniques, scientists at CSIR0 have domesticated the Black Tiger prawn and improved stocks.
National Curriculum Year 10
Nancy Millis
11 Mar 2010
Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis shares her thoughts about her long and varied career. She was first a fermentation scientist and then most notably the chair of the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee, a watchdog committee established to monitor developments in genetic modification that...
National Curriculum Year 10
Catalyst: Making Life
01 Apr 2010
The program describes the ground breaking work of Japanese scientists in creating an alternative type of pluripotent stem cell, not from embryos but from skin cells. Unexpectedly, Chinese researchers then have shown that these cells have the potential to create new life. The program provides an...
National Curriculum Year 10
