Astronomer Professor Penny Sackett has been appointed as Australia's new full-time Chief Scientist.

Western Australian company Orthocell is pioneering biological therapies to repair and regenerate damaged tendons and ligaments. [ + ]

Monash University's Protein Crystallography Unit is being upgraded with a new automated protein crystallisation system, an imaging plate dectector and an HF X-ray source.

Xenome starts Phase II for acute post-operative pain [ + ]

Phosphagenics to delist from AIM, starts Phase I for delivery system [ + ]

BioProspects names new CEO [ + ]

HeartWare gets FDA approval for investigational device [ + ]

Arana develops new anti-inflammatory antibody candidate, prepares for clinic [ + ]

Clinuvel to test CUV1657 as adjunct therapy in cancer patients [ + ]

Francis Gurry appointed head of UN IP agency [ + ]

GTG board in the dark about Jacobson spill attempt, goes to the dogs [ + ]

Researchers are creating automated micro-fluidic devices which can do macro-chemistry at the microscale. The lab-on-a-chip DNA analyser wll be able to complete DNA tests away from the laboratory in a fraction of the current time required.

The Americans go to the polls in two months, and in the meantime many of the country’s regulatory agencies go into hibernation, including the all-important FDA. [ + ]

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology claim to have found a safe way to store radioactive waste.

Female frogs like to take out insurance against disaster by putting eggs in several baskets [ + ]