Chris Goodnow talks about defining the mammalian phenome and how this may pan out in the future.

Australians lead the way in vaccine research for malaria and other infectious diseases, writes Michael Good.

Simon Easteal and Pythia Demonsthenes step back from 2050 to brief us on a century of healthcare.

Several Australian companies are trialling new 'natural' and synthetic adjuvants that combine potent immuno-stimulatory activity with low toxicity. Australia's biggest biotech, Melbourne's CSL (ASX:CSL), is boosting its experimental vaccines with its Iscomatrix adjuvant system, a phospholipid-cholesterol formulation containing a purified saponin extract from the bark of the South American tree Quillaja saponaria.

Prof Judith Whitworth - a specialist in hypertension, and current director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research - has been appointed for a three-year term as chair of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Advisory Committee on Health Research.

Canberra biotech company Biotron (ASX:BIT) has published the results of its SARS virus ion channel research in the journal Virology.

Ask Alan Finkel what he would do differently if he started another company, and he’s quick to reply. “I wouldn’t start another company overseas,” he says.

The way certain cytokines regulate the immune response to mousepox has potential to help with poxvirus infections, including smallpox, according to new research at the ANU.

The Australian Capital Territory, home to CSIRO's Plant Industry division, looks set to join the southern mainland states and Tasmania in imposing a moratorium on the environmental release of genetically modified crops.

Canberra vaccine developer Vaxine has appointed Ted Stapinski, a 20-year veteran of Australia's space industry, as its new CEO.

Last week, ResMed's California-based chairman and CEO Dr Peter Farrell was in his usual stirring form at a Melbourne speech, referring to Australia as "Botswana" and the nation's flag as a "dog's breakfast". But perhaps he was just getting it all out of his system one last time -- on Monday, Farrell was named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), one of the top gongs in the annual Australia Day honours