Virus-like particles deliver treatments to cancer cells
IFL Science! - February 21, 2017
Virus-like particles have been produced that bind to cancer cells, delivering a treatment drug to tumors, and avoiding the need to expose the whole body to toxic chemicals.
Drugs disguised as viruses are providing new weapons in the battle against cancer, promising greater accuracy and fewer side effects than chemotherapy.
A bacteria 'time-bomb' could be harnessed to control crop pests after a team of Australian and New Zealand researchers discovered an entirely new way in which cells produce and store toxins.
Dr Shaun Lott - Auckland University [Radio broadcast]
LiveSport Radio - August 7, 2013
New Zealand and Australian scientists have found a new way in which bacteria store and release toxins and their discovery may be harnessed to develop new bioinsecticides for crop pests and even new medicines.
New Zealand and Australian scientists have found a new way in which bacteria store and release toxins, and their discovery may be harnessed to develop new bioinsecticides for crop pests and even new medicines.
Crop pests could in future be controlled by infecting them with bacteria, if research by scientists in New Zealand and Australia can be successfully harnessed.
Bacterial toxins harnessed for bioinsecticides and medicine
PhysOrg - August 5, 2013
New Zealand and Australian scientists have found a new way in which bacteria store and release toxins, and their discovery may be harnessed to develop new bioinsecticides for crop pests and even new medicines.
When investigating the potential use of bacterial toxins as an insecticide in crops, a team of Australian and New Zealand researchers discovered a new way in which bacteria produce and store toxins.
Bacterial toxins harnessed for bioinsecticides and medicine
AgResearch News - August 5, 2013
New Zealand and Australian scientists have found a new way in which bacteria store and release toxins, and their discovery may be harnessed to develop new bioinsecticides for crop pests and even new medicines.
Bacterial toxins harnessed for bioinsecticides and medicine
University of Auckland - August 5, 2013
New Zealand and Australian scientists have found a new way in which bacteria store and release toxins, and their discovery may be harnessed to develop new bioinsecticides for crop pests and even new medicines.
With summer almost here, one of New Zealand's most serious pasture pests, porina, is coming out of the soil to mate and scatter vast numbers of eggs, costing farmers millions.
Australian scientists discover new bacterial insecticide
Peoples Daily Online - December 7, 2011
Scientists from Australia's University of Queensland said on Tuesday they have discovered a new bacterial insecticide that is deadly against a wide range of insects.
Microscopes are usually associated with science rather than art, but a new exhibition involving two IMB researchers is demonstrating the beauty that can be found down the lens and in the lab.
Microscopes are usually associated with science rather than art, but a new exhibition involving five University of Queensland researchers is demonstrating the beauty that can be found down the lens and in the lab.
Looking through the microscope, we can not only learn how the building blocks of life mix and interact, but also get a glimpse of the intricacy and beauty of this tiny world.
This microscopy image revealed the "scary face" the skeleton of a tiny aquatic animal, the bryozoan, who lives in colonies and participate in reef construction. [In Spanish]
