The Japanese team that proved how to induce stem cells from human skin seems to have overcome the Myc tumorigenesis barrier. [ + ]

Speedy laser facility will be used for biological imaging. [ + ]

Neurologist Ken Kosik and his team are profiling neuronal miRNAs to identify those potentially involved in neuronal plasticity and the function of those that are unique to dendrites. [ + ]

Australian researchers are looking at harnessing RNAi to silence cancer genes and then activating the immune system as a second line of defence [ + ]

The elusive molecule responsible for spreading gene silencing through plants is still unknown, but the pioneers of RNAi research at CSIRO Plant Industry are close to tracking it down. [ + ]

A $900,000 multiphoton microscope at Sydney's Centenary Institute has been unveiled. [ + ]

UQ's Queensland Brain Institute has officially opened and its Institute for Molecular Bioscience has more funding. [ + ]

Reagent distributor Bioline has opened an R&D lab in Sydney. [ + ]

For the first time, embryonic stem cell lines have been derived from monkeys using SCNT. [ + ]

microRNAs linked to protection from autoimmune diseases, new research finds. [ + ]

Core samples from the Australian outback have helped American scientists piece together the events that spawned our planet's breathable atmosphere

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The Australian Research Network for Fluorescence Applications in Biotechnology and Life Sciences (FABLS) has access to a staggering array of Australian and overseas instrumentation and expertise in fluorescence technology and applications. [ + ]

Rob Learmonth is using his fluorescence expertise to help the most needy - Australia's beer and wine drinkers. [ + ]

Stepwise ligation DNA sequencer launched by Applied Biosystems. [ + ]