Regenerative medicine specialists Mesoblast today announced that it has provided market guidance to the FDA regarding its Phase 3 bone marrow transplantation program, which it hopes will create more options for patients as well as a reduction in incidences of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). [ + ]

Back when Living Cell Technologies's (LCT) current Medical Director and Founder, Professor Bob Elliott, was working in his Auckland clinic, he decided that the treatments available for patients with Type I diabetes simply weren't good enough. [ + ]

Researchers from Sydney's Garvan Institute have challenged the dominant view in immunology circles as to how a special type of immune cell, called a T follicular helper cell (Tfh), is generated. [ + ]

The Australian stock market ended slightly up today as miners helped the bourse to resist to drag of poor performers such as Telstra, although it wasn’t enough to continue the run of five consecutive weekly gains. [ + ]

British researchers have shown that individual neurons are capable of processing far more complex information than traditionally thought. [ + ]

Monash University has announced the appointment of esteemed Australian scientist and medical researcher Professor Scott O’Neill as the University’s new Dean of Science. [ + ]

BioTech Capital One, of the highest profile Australian biotech investment funds announced on Thursday that it will no longer pursue new opportunities in the sector and will liquidate its current investment portfolio, returning the proceeds to shareholders. [ + ]

The merger of private therapeutic protein and biofuels company Farmacule and publicly-listed industrial algae specialists AquaCarotene (AQL) was completed yesterday creating a promising new Australian biotechnology company producing biofuels and plant-made compounds for use in the medical research, nutraceutical and industrial markets. [ + ]

The federal Labor party reached out for the science vote today with the announcement of its Science for Australia’s Future policy, although there’s little there explicitly for life sciences or the biotechnology industry. [ + ]

Using 'dark channel' fluorescence, scientists can explain how biochemical substances carry out their function.

Monash University has announced the appointment of biologist Professor Scott O’Neill to the position of Dean, Faculty of Science.

An 11-year old Irish boy has become the world’s first child to receive a transplant of a new trachea grown from his own stem cells, the BBC has reported. [ + ]

The Australian stock market finished the week up for the fifth week in a row today as investor’s maintained their run of confidence despite weaker-than-expected jobs and retail sales data out of the US overnight. [ + ]

It’s not normally something that would inspire scuba divers to do a double take, but a species of sponge commonly found on the Great Barrier Reef has researchers all in a lather at the prospect of learning about the genesis of cell behaviour. [ + ]

In yet another case of conventional medical wisdom being turned on its head, researchers at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) have completed a study showing that people who consume full-fat dairy may have a lower risk of heart attack. [ + ]