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Research notices 2009
December 2009
11 December 2009
NHMRC statement on xenotransplantation
In 2004, NHMRC recommended that there should be no animal to human transplantation (xenotransplantation) clinical trials in Australia for five years, subject to review in December 2009. NHMRC Council noted the developments in science and technology since 2004, in particular evidence relating to the risks of transmission of animal viruses, and considers that the risks, if appropriately regulated, are minimal and acceptable given the potential benefits. NHMRC Council also notes international...
11 December 2009
Minor update to the Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition
An update of minor significance to the Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition has been recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and approved by the NHMRC CEO under Section 14A of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act (1992). This update alters pages 110 and 119 of Chapter 3.1 Australian Bat Lyssavirus Infection and Rabies and reflects new information about the incidence of rabies in Bali. As this update is of minor significance, NHMRC is...
02 December 2009
Draft Australian Guidelines on ADHD — NHMRC consideration deferred pending outcome of USA investigation
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is committed to ensuring that Australians get quality, comprehensive guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Accordingly, the NHMRC and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) have agreed to release the draft Australian Guidelines prior to formal consideration by the Council of the NHMRC. The Council of the NHMRC will make no decision on the draft Australian Guidelines...
02 December 2009
Noticeboard message 2003
Harkness Fellowships Information Session Centre for Health economics Research and Evaluation Harkness Fellowships Information Session (PDF, 21KB) Tuesday, 15 July 2003
November 2009
05 November 2009
Palliative Care Research Fellowships and Scholarships
Advance Notification The Palliative Care Research Program is a joint initiative between the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Department of Health and Ageing. The program is part of the Australian Government’s Palliative Care in the Community initiative. As part of this initiative advance notice is being provided that proposals for palliative care research training awards will be sought in October 2006. Total funding up to $1.27 million will be available for the...
05 November 2009
Centre of Clinical Research Excellence Workshop - 4 October 2005
This page porvides information on the Centre of Clinical Research Excellence workshop on 4 October 2005. Presentation slides from workshop CCRE workshop on 4 October 2005 Presentation slides (PDF, 787KB) Background Currently the NHMRC funds 17 Centre of Clinical Research Excellence (CCREs), including two designated CCRE in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, at up to $400,000 each per annum for five years. The next CCRE Peer Review Process will commence at the end of this year,...
05 November 2009
Professor James Whisstock
Young, groundbreaking and inspiring 6 June 2008 When is being wrong a good thing? What role do enzymes play in human disease? What do genes and computers have in common? Professor James Whisstock is the multi-award-winning research head of Monash University’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Engineering, and an inspiration to countless PhD students who have gone on to win awards in their own right. Here he talks about his own groundbreaking discoveries, what inspires...
05 November 2009
Call for expressions of interest — Australia's participation in the International Cancer Genome Consortium
Due date: Friday 29 August 2008 Introduction The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) is one of most ambitious biomedical and clinical research efforts since the Human Genome Project. The ICGC will coordinate international-scale research effort to understand the genomic, transcriptomic and epigenetic changes involved in the major forms of cancer. This information will lead to better ways of diagnosing, treating and preventing cancer. Australia is a member of the ICGC through...
05 November 2009
Climate change and human health
Professor Tony McMichael, a NHMRC Fellow at ANU's National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, gave a presentation to NHMRC Council on 4 September on the challenge of climate change and the likely impacts on human health. He discussed exposure to environmental hazards such as extreme weather events, and heat waves, higher levels of air pollutants and allergens, and exposure to a loss of environmental 'capital'. Such losses would be reduced food yields, reduced...
05 November 2009
Further information on the SCNT licences
Q: What is Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer? A: Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a technique in which DNA from the nucleus of an unfertilised egg is removed and replaced with the nucleus of an adult cell such as a skin cell. The technique can be used to create cloned embryos in order to derive embryonic stem cells. Q: How is the research that has been approved by the NHMRC Licensing Committee different from reproductive cloning? A: The Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction...