Sputum-based test to be developed by Proteome Systems and BD. [ + ]

Box Hill biotech students go into the lab with PaleoTechnology. [ + ]

Massive sale of diagnostics business too good to be true? [ + ]

Affymetrix launches collaboration to explore the genetic causes of mental retardation. [ + ]

As a fertilised egg develops into a full-grown adult, mammalian cells make many crucial decisions - closing doors of opportunity as they adopt careers as liver cells, skin cells or neurons.

The Australian Synchrotron is due to open for general use later this year. The synchrotron will create beams of laser-like intense light that can be used for looking at materials in sub-microscopic detail and manufacturing small, precise materials

ProteoMass picks up new mass spec, chromatography agency [ + ]

Loane Skene will discuss the legal and moral debate over therapeutic cloning at an international meeting in Cairns next week. [ + ]

Highlights of who's heading to Melbourne for the annual Deakin Lectures. [ + ]

Roche installs a Genome Sequencer FLX system in Australia. [ + ]

In an effort to prove that an adult could live underwater in an environmentally friendly way, Lloyd Godson developed and lived in the world's first self-sufficient, self-sustaining, completely submerged home

In 2000-2001, the four-million-odd cows making the NZ dairy herd were screened for their milk composition by ViaLactia. One cow, Marge, was thoughtfully purchased for $300 when it was found that her milk was particularly low in saturated fat

As the NSW Parliament debates therapeutic cloning, the hunt for alternative sources of pluripotent stem cells is on. [ + ]

Beckman Coulter will introduce the new BioRAPTR and PicoRAPTR flying reagent dispenser (FRD) workstations to the Australian market later this year. [ + ]

When it comes to growing cells in a lab, technique matters. [ + ]