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CRC Research Success Stories

  • The CRC for Oral Health Science produced the Tooth Mousse Plus product which remineralises tooth enamel, reducing dental decay. Tooth Mousse Plus is now sold in over 50 countries.
  • The Hearing CRC produced the Cochlear Hybrid system which has restored hearing to over 140,000 hearing impaired adults and children worldwide
  • The Vision CRC developed the O2Optix and Night & Day(r) contact lenses, generating over $10 million per year in royalties.
  • The Australian Biosecurity CRC produced a real-time genetic diagnostic test which is used for equine influenza. The test led to Australia eradicating equine influenza, a world first.
  • The Sheep CRC produced the Precision Sheep Management System, which changed management of sheep flocks. It is estimated this system will increase sheep industry profits by $82 million per year.
  • The Pork CRC developed a vaccine against the disease pleuropneumonia, reducing pig deaths and disease from the bacteria Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.
  • The Molecular Plant Breeding CRC developed Cross Outcome Prediction technology for predicting the success of wheat breeding. The technology reduces the time taken to determine success of wheat breeding from 15 years to just months.
  • The CRC for Technology Enabled Capital Markets produced the world's first real time health fraud detection program, which stands to save the health industry $720 million per year.
  • The CRCSIIB developed green technology to waterproof cardboard. The plant-based waterproof compound is 100% recyclable and 100% effective.
  • The Beef CRC produced two new killed vaccines against Pasteurella and pestivirus which cause bovine respiratory disease (BRD), both firsts for Australia.

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