Draft legislation following through on the government’s commitment to deliver a more generous, more predictable and less complex tax incentive by replacing the outdated and complicated R&D Tax Concession has been released.

Abbott has announced a definitive agreement to acquire laboratory information management systems company STARLIMS Technologies.

Submissions open before legislation introduced to parliament in 2010. [ + ]

Following the resignation of the Australian Synchrotron Science Advisory Committee (SAC) Chair, Professor Frank Larkins, and four SAC members, a new chair and members have been appointed.

The coral genome project is underway, powered by Illumina’s latest Genome Analyzer IIx technology. David Miller from James Cook University hopes it will help save the coral from the blight of bleaching. [ + ]

Prima BioMed, Patrys, Living Cell Technology, Blackmores, Cochlear, ResMed [ + ]

Results announced at HIV conference show BIT225 stops virus spreading. [ + ]

Gene, ABCA13, has been found to be linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. [ + ]

Manufacturing and social innovation are the focus of the latest Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program selection round.

University of Reading researchers suggest that two glasses of Champagne a day may be good for your heart and circulation.

Laboratory experiments suggest that myrrh, a resin obtained from several species of Commiphora and Balsamodendron trees, may have cholesterol-lowering properties.

Two Australian research teams have been awarded $50 million to develop a bionic eye.

Ian Olver, CEO of Cancer Council Australia, and Trevor Davies, of the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia, debate the merits and dangers of gene patents. [ + ]

CSL has announced that a vaccine to treat severe gum disease is being developed in a new collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur.

Australian R&D firm delivers first of 3D bio-printer to Organovo using latter's NovoGen technology.