Beam Therapeutics is said to be the first company to pursue the development of new therapies using CRISPR base editing technology. [ + ]

Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, according to a UK-led study. [ + ]

CSIRO's Data61 has opened a new facility purpose-built for applied research into novel augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D web technologies. [ + ]

Professor Mark Molloy has been appointed the inaugural Lawrence Penn Chair of Bowel Cancer Research at the University of Sydney. [ + ]

Arrow Pharmaceuticals and Apotex Australia have announced a proposed merger of their Australian and New Zealand generic pharmaceutical and OTC operations. [ + ]

The University of South Australia's (UniSA) $247 million Cancer Research Institute has opened. [ + ]

2018 Australian of the Year Michelle Simmons is among several Australian scientists newly elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of London. [ + ]

For the first time, Australian scientists have shown it is possible to attach self-assembling beta peptides onto different organic molecules. [ + ]

In an effort to create sharper images of rapidly moving processes inside a cell, US scientists have combined two different microscope technologies. [ + ]

Multiple funding boosts for science research, including precision medicine and genomics, were announced in the 2018–19 Federal Budget. [ + ]

The Australian Government has released its new national security science and technology policy agenda, aimed at strengthening Australia's national security. [ + ]

Researchers have bridged a key knowledge gap in the diagnosis of glaucoma, allowing observable damage to the optic nerve to be accurately linked to vision loss. [ + ]

SA Water scientists are using DNA to search for shy platypus, and the presumed-extinct thylacine. [ + ]

Australian and UK researchers have been investigating the ability of tumour cells to survive and grow in spite of poor blood and nutrient flow. [ + ]

UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Jacobs has signed agreements with France's largest government research organisation and the French Space Agency. [ + ]