Researchers have developed a gene panel test that allows for highly accurate diagnosis of the most common types of liposarcoma. [ + ]

Within six weeks of treatment, 69% of participants achieved a clinical reduction in suicide ideation — and half noted significant improvement after treatment had ceased. [ + ]

The 2021 Australian Healthcare Week Expo will feature six free-to-attend on-floor programs designed for all areas of the healthcare community. [ + ]

Changing the gut microbiome can transform patients with advanced melanoma who never respond to immunotherapy into patients who do. [ + ]

Researchers have constructed a new method of quantifying just how fast the sea will react to warming, finding that former predictions have been too conservative. [ + ]

Introducing a layer of zirconium atoms between sheets of aluminium oxide and tungsten carbide creates exceptionally strong composite materials. [ + ]

The stents' composition allows them to deliver up to 110 days of a sustained anticancer medication directly to the cancer site. [ + ]

The genetic disposition for risk-taking is mapped in several areas of the brain, according to an international research team. [ + ]

Queensland-based company Ellume has announced a US$231.8 million (AU$302.7 million) agreement to accelerate domestic US production of its COVID-19 home tests. [ + ]

Researchers have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to produce mosquitoes that are unable to replicate Zika virus and therefore cannot infect humans through biting. [ + ]

When two people are in a poorly ventilated space and neither is wearing a mask, prolonged talking is far more likely to spread the virus than a short cough. [ + ]

Scientists claim to have developed the world's first test to accurately predict mood disorders in people, based on levels of a specific protein found in the brain. [ + ]

Bacteria in the gut can dull the efficacy of radiotherapy, a treatment received by about half of all cancer patients. [ + ]

An international team of researchers has discovered that important changes in the thymus occur in order to prevent miscarriages and gestational diabetes. [ + ]

Researchers set out to enhance the sensitivity of phase-contrast microscopy — an imaging technique commonly used by scientists to study biological specimens. [ + ]