The breakthrough offers a new direction for treating a host of serious conditions — from diabetes to stroke — and explains why other promising treatments have failed. [ + ]

Australian scientists have reported an advanced imaging technique that allows the condition of joint cartilage to be examined — right down to a molecular level. [ + ]

The Australian Government has announced $6 million towards a Mission Control Centre and $6 million to establish a Space Discovery Centre. [ + ]

By applying gene analysis to individual cells from early mouse embryos, researchers have discovered previously unknown cellular stages of foetal development from fertilised egg to living being. [ + ]

UK researchers have found a way to predict rejection of a kidney transplant before it happens, by monitoring the immune system of transplant patients. [ + ]

A new earthquake detection method, exploiting tell-tale gravitational signals travelling ahead of tremors, could be used in future to boost early warning systems and perhaps even save lives. [ + ]

Koligo Therapeutics, a regenerative medicine and 3D bioprinting company, will list on the Australian Securities Exchange at the end of March via an initial public offering. [ + ]

The National Health and Medical Research Council has once again held its annual Research Excellence Awards, this year honouring 23 outstanding researchers. [ + ]

A powerful protein in the blood of pregnant woman could be used to find ways to treat and even prevent a wide range of age-related disorders. [ + ]

Dutch researchers have grown their own kidney tubules derived from human kidney adult stem cells and urine cells in microfluidic chips. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a novel experimental treatment that could improve the lives of people with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [ + ]

A newly developed biophotonic system makes it possible to detect, in a non-invasive way and with a very small sample of blood, allergies to antibiotics in less than an hour. [ + ]

Researchers have created a fact-checking program that is tackling the problem of incorrectly published biomedical research results, whether intentional or otherwise. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered a potential new pharmaceutical candidate for tuberculosis, finding that the antimicrobial peptide NZX rapidly and effectively kills TB bacteria. [ + ]

Scientists have developed a nutrient-rich liquid that enables collected horse semen to live for two weeks outside the body without the need to be frozen. [ + ]