Fatty acids derived from fatty fish and fish-oil supplements, usually lauded as ‘cure-alls’, have been found to increase the risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. [ + ]

Bioniche (ASX:BNC) has secured regulatory approval for Folltropin - its FSH product for stimulating superovulation in cows - in seven more European markets. [ + ]

Debate continues about the claim that proteins interact with 80% of the human genome and whether this much regulation is required for a functional human being. [ + ]

AusBiotech, supported by the Victorian Government, has been working with an advisory committee to develop the Guide for Life Science Company Directors as a supporting document to the newly revised Code of Best Practice for Reporting by Life Sciences Companies (Ed 2). A draft is now available for comment until 15 August. [ + ]

A method has been developed that can rapidly identify pathogenic species and strains causing illnesses, such as pneumonia. This could help lead to earlier detection of disease outbreaks and pinpoint effective treatments more quickly. [ + ]

pSivida (ASX:PVA) said none of the eyes treated using its micro-insert experienced a recurrence in posterior uveitis during the first 12 months of its phase I/II trial. [ + ]

The ARC has awarded fresh Linkage Grants for collaborations between Macquarie University, Patrys (ASX:PAB) and Minomic, and between Monash University and Starpharma (ASX:SPL). [ + ]

In 1959, Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman wrote: “It is very easy to answer many of these fundamental biological questions; you just look at the thing!” In 2013, Melbourne cell biologist Leann Tilley is doing just that as part of the global fight against malaria … using some very 21st century ways of ‘looking’. [ + ]

Just in time for the Ashes test cricket series this week, two Australian physicists have presented equations highlighting the trajectory of a spinning ball as it moves through the air in the presence of wind. [ + ]

Contrary to all the TV shows, in real life only 10% of fingerprints taken from crime scenes yield identifications usable in court. But now a new way of detecting and visualising fingerprints from crime scenes using colour-changing fluorescent films could lead to higher confidence identifications from latent (hidden) fingerprints on knives, guns, bullet casings and other metal surfaces. [ + ]

A study has found that the analysis of biomarkers in the urine samples of kidney transplant recipients can diagnose transplant rejection, even before it occurs. [ + ]

Pharmaxis (ASX:PXS), Phylogica (ASX:PYC) and LBT Innovation (ASX:LBT) will all receive Australian Research Council linkage grants for projects with universities. [ + ]

A new group of therapies is showing promise for the treatment of haemophilia. [ + ]

Particle and Surface Sciences Australia has reported on how nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), from Nanosight UK, is being implemented for the further characterisation of natural colloids (inorganic and organic) at the Institute of Water Resources and Water Supply at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg in Germany. [ + ]

The RACI Division of Biomolecular Chemistry will hold its 2013 conference in the Blue Mountains in July. With themes of medicinal chemistry, chemical biology and drug discovery, here is a taste of what the meeting has in store. [ + ]