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Radical monitoring for healthy biofuels - Posted on 23/05/2010

New monitoring technology should be used to access the potential health risks offuture biofuels before they are used in the community according to a new study byresearchers from the ARC Centre of Exce...

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New use for old drug in heart disease prevention - Posted on 21/02/2010

Paracetamol may provide more than just pain relief to those at risk of developing heart disease, according to a new study led by Professor Michael Davies from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Rad...

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Kangaroos give a lesson in skin cancer prevention - Posted on 10/01/2010

Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer in the future, according to new research by Dr Linda Feketeová and Dr Uta Wille from the ARC Centre of Ex...

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Radical blow for snotty arteries - Posted on 02/11/2009

Researchers in the Free Radical Centre have found agents that could stop the progression of heart disease by preventing damage by an enzyme also found in snot....

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Radical wisdom for age-old question - Posted on 02/11/2009

Free Radical Centre scientists have discovered a unique natural defence mechanism against ageing....

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Centre earns extra 9.8 million for Free Radical Research - Posted on 01/02/2009

In a recent announcement, the Australian Research Council (ARC) approved an extension to grant funding for the Free Radical Chemistry Centre that will enable it to continue its research to the end of ...

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Radical discovery unveils 80 year old mystery - Posted on 01/10/2008

Researchers in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology have solved the 80 year old mystery of how one of the most famous organic chemistry reactions works....

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Supercomputers work like test tubes - Posted on 01/04/2008

The development of new drugs has been given a high-tech boost by chemists at the Australian National University using a supercomputer....

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Free radical link suggested between pollution and asthma - Posted on 01/04/2008

Free radical pollution in the air could be a cause of asthma, suggests Ms Duanne Sigmund, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology....

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Making plastic glow - Posted on 01/02/2008

Australian Chemists have devised a novel way to see the level of damage plastic has suffered from environmental exposure by making it glow....

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Radical Polymer Film - Posted on 01/11/2007

Centre researchers are working with the CRC for Polymers to help farmers promote growth rates of crops using free radical chemistry....

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Radical control of Biofilm - Posted on 01/11/2007

The Radical Centre and the Environmental Biotechnology CRC have joined forces to radically control biofilm....

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Lighting up cells to see disease - Posted on 01/10/2006

Centre researchers have developed a way to detect and monitor free radical damage in human cells....

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