An automated imaging and colony counting software system created at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is improving the efficiency of a pneumonia vaccine testing method.

Exon skipping could have potential in preventing and treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to an international research team that included Western Australian scientists.

An RMIT University alumnus is working on a range of next-generation spacesuits for NASA and other space agencies to use on missions to the Moon and Mars.

Seven US$100,000 grants awarded to Australian researchers to study infectious diseases. [ + ]

Letter from chairman, Ata Gokyildirim, reflects on 2,900% gain in stock this year. [ + ]

40,000 generations of bacteria show natural selection in action. [ + ]

Biota, Primary Health Care, ResMed, Acrux, Ansell [ + ]

Annual biotechnology conference to be held in the festival state. [ + ]

Salk researchers map the first complete human epigenome. [ + ]

Sirtex, QRxPharma, Biota, Ramsay Health Care, ResMed, CSL [ + ]

A new test under development could aid in the currently problematic diagnosis of cancers of unknown primary. [ + ]

Common gene variant found to regulate iron and haemoglobin levels. [ + ]

CSL, Primary Health Care, Cochlear, Blackmores, Ansell [ + ]

New map of copy number variation in the human genome could help reveal missing genetic variants for common disease. [ + ]

Bacterium found to catalyse the biomineralisation of gold. Could lead to new biosensors. [ + ]