IP Australia named as search and examination authority for US patent office

Australian researchers urge HIV-positive people on antiretrovirals to continue practising safe sex

Michael Ashton joins Phosphagenics' board

Avian evolutionary tree shaken up by phylogenomic study - falcons fly free

NZ biotech Symansis has bought Apollo Cytokine Research.

From testing fat in sausages to dissecting the proteome of the lung-infecting fungus Cryptococcus gattii - it's been quite a journey for Associate Professor Ben Herbert, one of the speakers at this week's AOHUPO/PRICPS conference in Cairns.

Victoria and California sign first MOU on inter-country stem cell research

Deciphering vertebrate development, sorting out the roosters from the hens and taking on bird flu - dare we say, all in one fowl swoop - that is the job of CSIRO's Dr Mark Tizard, who has created a new microRNA catalogue for the humble chook.

Strange beasts evolve on islands: flightless bats and birds, amphibious or monstrous lizards, huge tortoises, giant rodents, dwarf elephants and even humans, such as the famous 'hobbit', H. floresiensis.

WA company Epichem and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative are collaborating to develop new drugs to treat African sleeping sickness and similar, forgotten diseases.

The ability to diagnose breast cancer by studying human hair may sound a little out there, but Sydney company Fermiscan is about to finalise a validation trial of technology that will do just that.