The six-year follow-up for the first patient enrolled in a phase II trial of Admedus's CardioCel tissue patch has detected no calcification issues or complications. [ + ]

Australian scientists have invented a simple way of making a high-powered lens that costs less than a cent and can transform a smartphone into a high-resolution microscope. [ + ]

The persistently high blood glucose levels associated with diabetes can, over time, cause damage to blood vessels that result in so-called diabetes-related complications. Preventing or reducing diabetes-related complications in the kidney is the focus of some of the work currently underway at the Baker IDI. [ + ]

Researchers have identified a possible mechanism for regrowing damaged nerve fibres in the central nervous system (CNS). Their discovery suggests it could one day be possible to chemically reprogram and repair damaged nerves after spinal cord injury or brain trauma. [ + ]

Electrical pulses delivered from a cochlear implant have been used to deliver gene therapy and succesfully regrow auditory nerves. [ + ]

An FDA advisory committee has recommended against approving QRxPharma's (ASX:QRX) third NDA for dual-opioid pain relief product Moxduo IR. [ + ]

Researchers from Harvard University have accidentally stumbled upon a shape called the hemihelix. While a related shape, the helix, is one of the most common structures in nature, the hemihelix is more complex and rarely seen. [ + ]

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found that stem cells demonstrate a bizarre property, known as auxeticity, never before seen at a cellular level. [ + ]

UQ researcher Dr Ryan Taft has joined Illumina as director of scientific research, to help further the company's work on using the human genome to identify disease-carrying mutations. [ + ]

It is sometimes said that the best ideas are those already thought of, and that is exactly what structural biologist Dr Fasséli Coulibaly in Melbourne is banking on with his research on viruses. By deciphering viral protein structures that have evolved over thousands of years, he hopes to stop viral infections in their tracks and improve delivery of vaccines against a variety of diseases to the developing world. [ + ]

When it comes to studying thunderstorms, the best lab is the site of the storm itself. That's where Joshua Soderholm, a PhD student at the University of Queensland, has been conducting his research project into the collisions between thunderstorms and sea breezes. [ + ]

An engineer working on the Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) project has published a paper on the aerodynamic characteristics of travelling at 1000 mph (1609 km/h), increasing the current land speed record (LSR) by over 30%. [ + ]

The Burnet Institute has signed a $5 million agreement with China to support the development of low-cost diagnostic tests. [ + ]

An effective employee share scheme would enable start-up companies to attract and retain the quality employees they need to become established successful ventures.   [ + ]

BioProspect (ASX:BPO) will acquire a stake in Invatec and a global licence to a potential heart rate-based diagnostics test for a wide range of mental health disorders. [ + ]