Early results from a 78-patient safety trial are promising for Prana's Alzheimer's compound. [ + ]

"Contemporary evolution" in action as commercial fisheries take the biggest and boldest. [ + ]

Three-year grant available for senior multiple sclerosis researchers. [ + ]

The evolutionary history of SARS suggests that bats, and not civet cats, were the original source of the virus. [ + ]

When the heat is on, boys will be girls, at least among bearded dragons. [ + ]

Embryonic stem cells containing the HOXB4 protein have successfully rebuilt irradiated mice immune systems. [ + ]

Applications for the Victoria Prize and Fellowships are open. [ + ]

After becoming an epigenetics convert four years ago at Lorne and winning the Eppendorf Young Investigator's Award there two years ago, Dr Jeff Craig returns to Lorne in 2008 as an invited speaker to present the fruits of his conversion. [ + ]

Differences between identical twins are probably caused by copy number variations, and not environmental factors, researchers report. [ + ]

Peter Little went looking for coordinated changes in expression patterns in 755 genes in mice. He found them, and a whole lot more, as he told the Lorne Genome conference this week. [ + ]

Analysis of protein interactions show pathogens preferentially interact with hubs and bottlenecks. [ + ]

Long suspected, a Swedish team has shown that the serotonin system is different in men and women. [ + ]

Fossil find suggests bats evolved the ability to fly before developing echolocation. [ + ]

Frances Shannon tells the Lorne protein conference about the role of architectural proteins and how the packaging of DNA in the cell nucleus controls immune-related gene expression. [ + ]

BioMelbourne Network CEO Tim Murphy appointed as senior advisor to new Innovation Minister. [ + ]