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 [ + ]

In an elegant experiment published earlier this year, Ryszard Maleszka and his team at ANU showed that silencing a gene for DNA methylation in honey bees directly mimicked the effect of royal jelly on whether larvae go on to become queens or workers. [ + ]

The Shadoo protein has generated much interest over the last five years as it is one of only three known members of the prion protein family. [ + ]