Asian researchers have discovered a newly emerged superbug, hyper-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, which may cause untreatable and fatal infections in relatively healthy individuals and is apparently set to pose an enormous threat to human health. [ + ]

An international team of researchers from Australia, the UK, Malaysia and India are developing a prototype vaccine to minimise the impact of Nipah virus (NiV) on the pig industry. [ + ]

Sufferers of Parkinson's disease may soon be enjoying improved movement thanks to a team of researchers from Kyoto University, Japan, and some crab-eating macaques. [ + ]

Canadian researchers have found that a simple smell test may help in diagnosing those at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. [ + ]

For some time, it has been known that people with lower levels of ascorbate (vitamin C) are at increased risk of cancer. Now, US researchers think they finally know why this is — and it all comes down to our stem cells. [ + ]

Irrespective of the type of laboratory environment, great technicians adapt and take on a few common habits that facilitate laboratory-based scientific investigations in the best way possible. [ + ]

Researchers have determined that mutations in the gene encoding a particular enzyme may help in the development of better treatments for a wide range of autoimmune diseases. [ + ]

With a relentless passion for plants, a strong desire to secure the world's food resources and numerous papers and awards under his belt, Dr Jonathan Plett from Western Sydney University is one of Australia's most promising scientists. [ + ]

Australian biotech company Ondek is on a mission to develop an immunotherapy based on the gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which it hopes to eventually deploy as a new treatment for childhood allergy. [ + ]

Everyone knows the importance of practising good cybersecurity, but we bet you never thought your computer could be hacked using DNA. [ + ]

An international study, led by researchers from the Children's Cancer Institute and University of New South Wales, has uncovered a new way of dealing with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer that typically affects infants as young as one or two years of age. [ + ]

She arrived in Australia as an asylum seeker from the Vietnam War, with no English-speaking skills and nothing but the clothes on her back. Now, more than 20 years later, Dr Tien Huynh has been named as one of the 30 'Superstars of STEM'. [ + ]

Researchers have found that by combining traditional treatments with a new class of anticancer agents they can target the 'Achilles' heel' of HER2-positive breast cancers, in the first significant improvement in this area in over 30 years. [ + ]

An international group of 11 organisations with genetics expertise is urging a cautious but proactive approach to gene editing. [ + ]

The 17th annual conference of the Australasian Genomic Technologies Association (AGTA) will be held in Tasmania at the Hotel Grand Chancellor from 29 October–1 November 2017.  [ + ]