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$3 million for congenital heart disease research
More than $3 million has been awarded to the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Robinson Research Institute to identify the predisposing conditions and potentially modifiable factors that can substantially reduce the risk of congenital heart defects. The funding is from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Mission to boost research into heart disease and stroke. The funding will allow further critical research on understanding the range of factors that contribute to congenital heart defects affecting the lives of many children.
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$300,000 to ³ÉÈË´óƬ for diabetes research
The Diabetes SA Research Grants Program has awarded $300,000 in funding, all to researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ. The grants program, which launched in 2018, funds research into diabetes detection, prevention and management. Without significant change it is estimated that 642 million people will have diabetes by 2040.
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Understanding behaviour around food waste
A new research project aims to understand household behaviours around food waste in order to reduce the amount of food sent to landfill. It will promote a circular economy where the nutrients from food waste go back into the compost industry, and ultimately save greenhouse gas emissions from damaging our climate further when food waste rots in landfill.
$7 million investment to unite genomics research in SA
Research institutes across South Australia are combining their expertise and resources to establish a state-of-the-art centre for genomics in SA. The South Australian Genomics Centre will open its doors on 1 July 2020 thanks to an investment of more than $7 million, including $2 million from Bioplatforms Australia through the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
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VivaZome licenses ³ÉÈË´óƬ stem cell technology
VivaZome Therapeutics and the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have entered into a series of agreements encompassing licensing of technology, access to stem cells and conduct of research, all in support of VivaZome’s mission to develop and commercialise exosome-based therapeutics.
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Flying foxes in SA exposed to zoonotic viruses
³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers have found that South Australia’s population of Grey-headed flying foxes, which took up residence in 2010, has been exposed to a number of viruses, including Hendra virus that can be transmitted to humans via horses. But they have not found evidence of exposure to Australian bat lyssavirus. Â
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New technique delivers complete DNA sequences of chromosomes inherited from mother and father
An international team of scientists led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Davies Research Centre has shown that it is possible to disentangle the DNA sequences of the chromosomes inherited from the mother and the father, to create true diploid genomes from a single individual.
Adelaide-led research helps support developing countries during COVID-19 pandemic
A reliable new ventilator to treat COVID-19 patients could soon be distributed to the Pacific Islands and South East Asian countries after extensive research and testing in Adelaide.Â
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Two options for COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery
Leading researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have contributed to a major Group of Eight report which presents two clear options to lead Australia out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Global collaboration to secure Antarctica’s future
The Federal Government has awarded $36 million to the ‘Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future’ (SAEF) research program, under the Australian Research Council’s Special Research Initiative for Excellence in Antarctic Science.
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