Former EMA chief Dr Thomas Lönngren has joined the board of Global Kinetics, to help the company commercialise its Parkinson's symptom monitoring device.

Viralytics (ASX:VLA) said preclinical data suggests that its Cavatak anticancer candidate performs better when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

The Horizon Scholarship offers students studying agriculture-related university degrees $5000 a year.

An international research team has claimed that the Higgs boson particle, discovered in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012, could be something else entirely. [ + ]

Patrys (ASX:PAB) has advised that complications in the manufacturing process are likely to delay the commencement of a planned trial of PAT-SM6 in multiple myeloma until 2Q15.

Regulating beta cell stress provides a potential new approach to treating diabetes. [ + ]

Scientists from regenerative medicine company Orthocell have succeeded in growing human tendons in a laboratory for the first time. In a collaboration with the University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Griffith University and the University of Auckland, the researchers used a bioreactor to grow the functonal human tendons. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a test that can distinguish between birds that have been vaccinated against the H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus (bird flu) with those that have been naturally infected. [ + ]

Prima BioMed's (ASX:PRR) CVac candidate is demonstrating a clear trend in improved overall survival in patients with second remission ovarian cancer.

A critical mass of Australian leaders will set their collective mind to support Australia's future manufacturing industry at a summit next week in Sydney.

The 2015 Australian Research Council (ARC) Major Grants have been announced with $354 million distributed to 941 new research projects. [ + ]

Research linking biomarkers to sitting for long periods has been recognised at this year's Research Australia awards. [ + ]

Engineers Australia is bringing two retired NASA astronauts, as well as the only Australian currently working in the International Space Station (ISS) Flight Control team, to Convention 2014. [ + ]

The University of Western Australia has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) that will see up to 50 Chinese PhD students visit Western Australia. [ + ]

Clinical Network Services has entered a partnership to expand its consultancy expertise, and has appointed a principal consultant for its new London office. [ + ]