MTPConnect's report 'Regenerative Medicine: Opportunities for Australia' provides a roadmap for elevating the sector so it can successfully compete at a global level. [ + ]

Australia has been ranked fifth globally on Clarivate Analytics' Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list. [ + ]

Researchers reviewing studies around the medical use of cannabidiol have found the treatment to be moderately effective in two forms of childhood epilepsy. [ + ]

The Young Tall Poppy Science Awards recognise the achievements of outstanding young Australian researchers who are passionate about communicating their research. [ + ]

Professor George Paxinos, a world-renowned brain cartographer, has discovered a hidden region of the human brain, located near the brain-spinal cord junction. [ + ]

Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Griffith University have developed a new blood test for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer. [ + ]

The research sector is experiencing the longest delay to Australian Research Council (ARC) funding announcements in history. [ + ]

The Women in Leadership Development (WILD) Program is designed to increase female participation at an executive and board level. [ + ]

1.9 million Australian adults begin taking prescription opioids every year, around 50,000 of whom go on to become long-term users. [ + ]

A new cellular immunotherapy treatment that targets the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been found to improve multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. [ + ]

Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer have tripled the life expectancy for some advanced melanoma patients and transformed how the cancer is managed worldwide. [ + ]

How can extraordinarily rapid insect responses occur when the body's pre-motor pathways run into a bottleneck linking messages from the brain to the wings and body? [ + ]

Researchers have created a machine learning model, inDelphi, that predicts how human and mouse cells respond to CRISPR-induced breaks in DNA. [ + ]

Genome editing company LogicBio has partnered with the Children's Medical Research Institute to fast-track gene therapy treatments for children with life-threatening genetic liver disease. [ + ]

Dr Heather Lee and Enzo Porrello have received the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia's 2018 Metcalf Prizes. [ + ]