Research finds common sequence variants in many cancer types [ + ]

Mesoblast to conduct world’s first stem cell trial for ACL-related osteoarthritis [ + ]

Distant shores better sites for DNA methylation than islands [ + ]

B cell activator can override regulatory T cells and disarm immune rejection [ + ]

A deletion in a single gene increases risk of cardiomyopathies in South Asian populations [ + ]

Sonic the hedgehog's nemesis strikes again, biologically speaking [ + ]

The Australian government recently signed a renewed memorandum of understanding with the French government that reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening scientific and technological collaboration between the two countries.

The federal government has announced funding for a prostrate research centre to be hosted by the Queensland University of Technology.

The January/February 2009 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now [ + ]

Triplet repeat defect in Arabidopsis provides genetically tractable model [ + ]

The discovery that some cells sacrifice themselves if they are infected with a virus will help improve understanding of how cells normally combat viral infection, and may also be relevant for the disease lupus, where the immune system attacks normal cellular proteins.

Immuron’s BioGard in Phase II trial for HIV [ + ]

Microfluidics and Horiba Instruments have formalised their longstanding partnership.

LabWare LIMS v6.0 is one of the first enterprise LIMS to become certified for use with SAP’s Enterprise SOA-based Integration Technology.

A new semantic web search engine developed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville is helping scientists who study the environment retrieve the research data they need, and has the potential to help researchers in other fields perform more focused and productive searches.