University of Leicester experts in association with the spin-off company MIP Diagnostics have developed polymeric materials with molecular recognition capabilities which hold the potential to outperform natural antibodies in various diagnostic applications. [ + ]

Stem cell researchers Mark Dawn and Jessica Mar have both received $50,000 Metcalf Prizes from the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia. [ + ]

Particle & Surface Sciences (PsS) has been appointed distributor for Izon Science products across Australia. [ + ]

Australian and Sri Lankan medical researchers have forged a new action plan to investigate the causes of a particular form of chronic kidney disease. [ + ]

Biotron has announced that several of its compounds have demonstrated significant antiviral activity against hepatitis B (HBV) in recently completed preclinical studies. [ + ]

Prima BioMed has presented new data from a phase I clinical trial investigating eftilagimod alpha, its anticancer candidate, in combination with pembrolizumab in unresectable or metastatic melanoma patients. [ + ]

myDNA has conducted a national study into the mental health of Australians, revealing that two-thirds of people believe that improvements could be made to their medication. [ + ]

Fresh Science — an Australia-wide competition helping early-career researchers find, and then share, their stories of discovery — is now underway for 2017. [ + ]

Singaporean researchers have created polymer nanoagents that can 'light up' tiny areas of diseased tissues that conventional methods fail to detect. [ + ]

Medical and health experts from across Australia and New Zealand recently convened in Adelaide to discuss the way forward for particle therapy in Australia. [ + ]

The Zero Childhood Cancer program — said to be one of the world's most comprehensive child cancer personalised medicine studies — has finally reached Western Australia, seven weeks after its national launch. [ + ]

The nominees for the 2018 NSW Australian of the Year Awards have been announced, with several scientists and inventors reaching the finals of both the Australian and Young Australian of the Year categories. [ + ]

Australian biochemist and molecular biologist Professor John Shine AC has been elected president of the Australian Academy of Science. [ + ]

The mechanism of how cells work is key to understanding how tumours metastasize as well as tissue regeneration and other bodily functions. [ + ]

The ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Biopharmaceutical Innovation has been officially opened at The University of Queensland, 16 months after it was initially announced. [ + ]