As it begins Phase IIa clinical trials, Mesoblast is riding high: its share price is climbing, its market capitalisation is booming and all that promise seems to be coming good.

CSIRO scientists win Australia's premier science award for discovery of double-stranded RNA interference in plants, while marine researcher wins life scientist of the year award.

The September/October 2007 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now.

IBM and university scientists launch global computing effort to find cures for dengue fever, West Nile virus and hepatitis C.

Professor German Spangenberg is arguably Australia's leading researcher into plant genetics and genomics.

We look at the background to the massive international collaboration looking for genes associated with breast cancer, which published its landmark findings in the May 27 edition of Nature.

Florey research into schizophrenia mouse model finds exercise rescues abnormal chemical transmitter pathway.

The July/August 2007 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now -- and so is Wobbly.

Opera from Evotec Technologies is a confocal microplate imaging reader.

While Australia has always had a strong and influential basic science base, getting candidates through the trials process to market has long been seen as our stumbling block. A not-for-profit clinical trial network is set to change all of that.

The special BIO 2007 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now.