Researchers have identified a gene that could help doctors to predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in patients, thus ensuring such patients receive an optimal level of treatment. [ + ]

Researchers have developed an RNA test of blood platelets that can be used to detect cancer. By analysing a sample equivalent to one drop of blood, they were able to identify, classify and pinpoint the location of the cancer with impressive accuracy. [ + ]

Olympus Australia has announced that REFLEX is now its official representative for pXRF and pXRD mining analysers in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. [ + ]

Professor Perry Bartlett has been presented with the 2015 CSL Florey Medal for his discoveries in the field of neuroscience, including breaking the scientific dogma that the adult brain can't change and regenerate. [ + ]

November has been a good month for the University of New South Wales, with UNSW researchers receiving recognition on both local and international stages. [ + ]

The Stafford Fox Medical Research Foundation will support the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in its development of new strategies for diagnosing and treating patients with rare cancers. [ + ]

The Australian Institute for Innovative Materials has launched the four-week online course 'Bioprinting: 3D Printing Body Parts', enabling people to discover how the world of 3D printing and biocompatible materials is allowing scientists to rethink approaches to health care. [ + ]

ANU has been awarded $2.5 million in the latest NHMRC funding round to host a new Centre of Research Excellence on Cognitive Health. [ + ]

Atop a remote mountain in the Chilean Andes, construction on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is about to begin. [ + ]

Medical technology companies Cardiora and Aravax have been awarded $9 million in venture capital funding from the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund to develop novel treatments for heart failure and peanut allergies respectively. [ + ]

The winners of the 2015 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Award for Research Excellence will use the $80,000 award to continue their groundbreaking work on how the immune system identifies and fights disease. [ + ]

GE Healthcare's Life Sciences business and Emerson Process Management have announced a collaboration aimed at increasing productivity and improving efficiency in the production of biopharmaceuticals such as monoclonal antibodies and vaccines. [ + ]

CSIRO has successfully defended a key patent for RNA interference (RNAi) gene silencing technology after opposition in Europe. [ + ]

Christopher Pyne has announced Bill Ferris AC as the new chair of Innovation Australia, where he will perform a key role in the Australian Government's new focus on innovation. [ + ]

Phylogica has announced the inhibition of the mutant gene MYC — which many cancers depend on for their survival — in an animal model. [ + ]