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Griffith University’s commercialisation arm, Griffith Enterprise, has appointed a new leader to drive innovation and enterprise. Griffith Enterprise Director Nicholas Mathiou has a track record in establishing and managing entrepreneurial, high growth, technology-based companies. Mr Mathiou co-founded and directed Australian Stock Exchange listed investment fund Medica Holdings Limited and its subsidiary life sciences company Cytopia […]

The Griffith University study published Thursday (US time) in the journal Stem Cells found that adult stem cells harvested from the noses of Parkinson’s patients gave rise to dopamine-producing brain cells when transplanted into the brain of a rat. The debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s such as loss of muscle control are caused by degeneration of […]

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) estimates billions of people, especially children and pregnant women, are at risk of malaria in more than 90 countries, inhabited by 40 per cent of the world’s population. Associate Professor Vicky Avery (pictured) from the Eskitis Institute says although malaria pre-dated written history and significant drug development research had been […]

An upgraded version of the Griffith Portal will be available, Thursday 1 May 2008. You can still access the portal’s sign in page via the Griffith Portal menu item on the university’s home page. An upgraded version of the Griffith Portal will be available, Thursday 1 May 2008. The portal provides access to the new […]

A new joint research project focusing on the future of China was announced today by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and Griffith University’s Griffith Asia Institute (GAI). Announced by Lowy Institute Director Allan Gyngell and GAI Director Professor Michael Wesley, the project will bring together the resources and expertise of two of Australia’s most […]

Griffith Law students have just topped the world’s best students in the field of international commercial arbitration – an area of law vital to the increasingly global business sector. Final year students Eammon Atkinson and Mathew Shelley recently won the Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition held in Hong Kong, beating more than 50 […]

UK-based Association for International Cancer Research this week announced it will fund a Griffith University project led by Dr Joe Tiralongo to further develop a potential anti-cancer treatment that had shown promising results in lab tests. The grant will enable the team to test a range of new ‘designer’ compounds on tumours in living cells […]