Future of medical research in doubt as question mark lingers over $45 million funding

Future of medical research in doubt as question mark lingers over $45 million funding

The future of a government funding program which has assisted teams developing artificial hearts and turning spider venom into drug therapies is in doubt.

  • byMary Ward

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We put the natural world under a microscope,from rogue waves and zombie fungus to colliding atoms and meteors.

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Meet the scientist playing God by cryo-freezing 100 species

An Australian scientist is on a life-saving mission with a cryogenic collection of animal cells frozen at minus 196 degrees.

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A monkey has been born with fluorescent eyes and fingers in a world first. Here’s why

A monkey has been born with fluorescent eyes and fingers in a world first. Here’s why

Chinese scientists injected a monkey embryo with stem cells from another crab-eating macaque,with extraordinary results.

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Life on Mars? This tiny South American mouse might hold the answer

Life on Mars? This tiny South American mouse might hold the answer

Mummified mice found on mountain summits on the Chile-Argentina border have re-defined what we know about the limits of mammals – and they may help the search for life on other planets.

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‘Stealth bombers’:Why swooping season is getting worse

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‘The important thing is not succeeding or failing,but …’ David Suzuki’s life lesson

‘The important thing is not succeeding or failing,but …’ David Suzuki’s life lesson

The 87-year-old Canadian geneticist,environmentalist and academic on his proudest achievements – and what he wants to be able to tell his grandchildren.

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Worms get a wriggle on after 46,000 years frozen in Siberian permafrost

Worms get a wriggle on after 46,000 years frozen in Siberian permafrost

The creatures,which have a lifespan measured in days,died in the lab – but not before they had reproduced another several generations,researchers said.

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For this British biologist,there really is magic in those mushrooms

For this British biologist,there really is magic in those mushrooms

Merlin Sheldrake spreads the word about the miraculous fungal network - and why we’d be lost without it.

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Victorian set for ‘the Olympics for people who aren’t sporty’

Victorian set for ‘the Olympics for people who aren’t sporty’

Werribee Secondary College student Alex Park is headed to Dubai for the International Biology Olympiad. To prepare,he’s been testing milk.

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Cute and horny:stink bug with tusks discovered in Western Australia

Cute and horny:stink bug with tusks discovered in Western Australia

This little bug has major fashion sense,evolving stylish appendages to match its chosen habitat and,perhaps,triumph over its competitors in love and war.

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