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CSIRO and ingredients manufacturer, Clover Corporation Limited, are developing the next generation of nutritional ingredients for infant formulas.

CSIRO and leading Australian ingredients manufacturer, Clover Corporation Limited, have agreed to work together on the development of the next generation of nutritional ingredients for infant formulas.

“While natural breast milk is the gold standard, when infant formulas are needed to supplement or repla

Dr Deborah Middleton from CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) will announce the successful progress to develop the vaccine at the Australian Veterinary Association conference in Adelaide today.

“Our trials so far have shown that the vaccine prevents the infection of horses with Hendra virus,” Dr Middleton said.

Stopping the disease in horses could also help protect people from the disease.

“A horse vaccine is crucial to b

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the fastest growing diseases in Australia and the most common form of dementia.  The number of people with dementia is expected to rise from 300,000 to 1.13 million by 2050.

Alzheimer’s disease is associated with the development of a toxic protein in the brain known as amyloid beta. The amyloid beta protein rapidly self-assembles in the brain and builds up to form plaques which are a hallmark of the disease.

It is thought that the

RAFT technology has transformed polymer research and development and has already enabled the development of a number of new materials featuring much improved performance and functionality.

Now CSIRO and DuPont have accelerated their technology transfer and licensing program for RAFT with companies able to access the technology in three ways:

• The RAFT Label License for early stage research and development enables partners to purchase RAFT agents from chemical supply hous

Being conducted in collaboration with the Centre for Food and Genomic Medicine (CFGM) in Perth, WA, the three-year, $1.5 million project will enable researchers and breeders to accelerate lupin crop improvements such as drought tolerance, disease resistance and optimal flowering time.

The research team will build upon established resources and employ powerful next-generation sequencing technologies and innovative bioinformatics techniques in their efforts to sequence the genome.