SCS, part based in Melbourne, to be sold to US stem cell company [ + ]

Scientists need to live as well as enjoy their subject and one reader questions whether it's a lack of remuneration rather than a lack of enjoyment that is making students turn away from science at university.

The Holy Grail of influenza vaccinology — the development of a durable and cross-protective universal influenza virus vaccine — may be within grasp.

ANSTO in PET collaboration with Cambridge, gets new CEO [ + ]

Circadian, Healthscope and Peter Mac collaborate on new diagnostic [ + ]

HealthLinx and Dairy Australia find dairy-derived protein with adipogenic activity [ + ]

Doug Hilton the new director of WEHI [ + ]

Synthetic adaptors provide snRNP-based gene silencing [ + ]

CSIRO researchers develop new technique for nanometer-scale microscopy [ + ]

New BDNF proteins and antibodies for working with growth and differentiation factors in neuronal cultures [ + ]

Invitrogen has launched its Invivofectamine delivery reagent, which enables siRNA experiments in vivo [ + ]

Sarcosine a potential biomarker for prostate cancer progression [ + ]

Svante Paabo and co have completed a rough draft of the Neanderthal genome [ + ]

Next time you have a nasty lab or iPhone accident, forget the band-aids. Just reach for your CSIRO PhotoSeal and a torch, and hey presto, new skin or blood vessels. [ + ]

The Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative will be a boon to research in Australia, with our very own supercomputer set to revolutionise how the life sciences sector works. [ + ]