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Investors inject $45 million into SA health and biotech industry

health and biotech

The Adelaide China Biotech Investment Fund has today been launched – a new $45 million investment fund that will accelerate the development and commercialisation of health and bio-technologies from South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog for the global market.

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$9 million of research targets major health issues

Goodman cres

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide led projects have received $9,401,459 to investigate a range of health issues such as how low-calorie sweeteners affect people with type 2 diabetes, using bioengineered tissue to rebuild eyes and the effectiveness of water fluoridation as a public health initiative.

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One in three ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn adults has untreated tooth decay

Almost one quarter of adults rated their oral health as fair or poor, and one in five adults experienced toothache.

A third of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn adults aged 15 years or more has untreated tooth decay, results of a national oral health study led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide show.

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Young Uni of Adelaide innovator named in Asia-Pacific Top 20

Innovators Under 35

A ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researcher, whose work could help revolutionise battery technology, has been given global recognition by being chosen as an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35.

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Symposium focuses on hot cities

Adelaide heat map

Adelaide – and cities around the world – are facing similar challenges: higher population density, reduced open spaces, rising urban heat, increasing need for cooling to combat the heat, and urban pollution.

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Decriminalisation not deregulation for SA abortion laws

Scales of Justice

The independent South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has recommended major changes to South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn abortion laws in its report to the Attorney General .

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Rural decline not driven by water recovery

Old farm tractor

New research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has shown that climate and economic factors are the main drivers of farmers leaving their properties in the Murray-Darling Basin, not reduced water for irrigation as commonly claimed.

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Export award highlights impact of international education

International students at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s reputation for international education has received a major boost, with the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog winning a 2019 ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Export Award.

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Discovery success to ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers will benefit ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns

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Twenty-seven ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers have collectively received more than $10.8 million in funding from the Federal Government to further their work in diverse areas that will impact on people’s lives in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and globally.

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Scholarship recipients take Adelaide to Asia

New Colombo Plan Scholars

It takes a special kind of courage and determination to step outside your comfort-zone – but that’s something these three intrepid students have in spades.

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