An 18-year schizophrenia study — made possible by the recruitment, diagnosis and DNA screening of thousands of people in India — has identified a new clue in the quest for causes of the illness. [ + ]

The semen of the male sea lamprey contains spermine, a highly specific and potent pheromone, which attracts ready-to-mate female sea lampreys. [ + ]

Professor Lora Heisler has revealed a way to harness the target of the brain chemical serotonin to combat the obesity (and related diabetes) epidemic. [ + ]

Fresh Science helps researchers find the key, compelling 'story' in their work and then puts them in the spotlight, showcasing them to the public and the media. [ + ]

When the researchers knocked out the protein ATF4 in cells or mice, they found tumour cells continued to build up those proteins and eventually died as a result of stress. [ + ]

Vitamin D deficiency from birth to early childhood is associated with an increased risk of elevated blood pressure in later childhood and adolescence. [ + ]

Ovarian reserve — a marker of potential female fertility based on the number of resting follicles in the ovary — has been found in a large-scale study to be adversely affected by high levels of air pollution. [ + ]

Two years after the world's first comparative trial of mass drug administration against scabies, the infection rate remained significantly down. [ + ]

A study of 303 infants found that different temperament traits are connected with individual microbe genera, microbial diversity and different microbe clusters. [ + ]

Coronary CT angiography is a suitable diagnostic technique in patients with a low to intermediate probability of coronary artery disease, researchers say. [ + ]

ANU's Dr Si Ming Man has won the annual Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research for 2018. [ + ]

Mironid has developed a compound to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease — a hereditary, progressive disease that affects around 12 million people worldwide. [ + ]

Tested in a global trial, the drug regulates bone development and boosts growth rates in children with achondroplasia — the most common type of dwarfism. [ + ]

Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews has announced a series of partnerships in the Asia Pacific to support female leaders in business and STEM. [ + ]

AXT has signed an agreement to distribute stem cell solutions from StemBioSys to researchers in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]