La Trobe University’s Marilyn Anderson is developing techniques to boost the natural defences of plants to disease. [ + ]

Philanthropist Charles Morgan has donated cutting-edge DNA equipment to The University of Western Australia.

The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine is launching the world’s first forensics YouTube channel.

IRL is calling for the creation of an advanced technology innovation enterprise to help New Zealand's manufacturing sector.

CSIRO Plant Industry vine disease expert, Dr Ian Dry, is strengthening our defences against fungal and insect attacks against crops. [ + ]

Professor Shaun Hendy has been appointed as IRL’s first Industry and Outreach Fellow, to assist the New Zealand high-tech manufacturing sector in realising its potenial.

Two new biomarkers discovered by Garvan researchers can indicate the likely success of inherently risky pancreatic cancer surgery. [ + ]

Researchers have found that normal mammary epithelial cells secrete interleukin 25 for the specific purpose of killing nearby breast cancer cells.

NSW businesses in the life science sector are invited to join a trade mission in the United States.

Scientists and the general public gather at the Rally for Research in Melbourne to show support for health and medical research and to protest proposed cuts to the NHMRC budget. [ + ]

Sigma Life Science has signed an agreement with Kraig Biocraft Laboratories to develop genetically modified silkworms for the production of spider silk.

Living Cell Technologies (ASX:LCT) has entered into an agreement with Japanese biopharma company, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory worth $3 million. [ + ]

Researchers and members of the public have attended rallies held in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra in support of health and medical research. [ + ]

By using sinus tissue removed during surgery, researchers have managed to grow a new species of human rhinovirus in culture, which will shed light on HRV-C, a previously difficult subject to study.

IVD Australia supports the agreement between the government and pathology sector on ongoing funding of pathology services, the establishment of the Pathology Ageement Advisory Committee and other initiatives.