The clinical trial results of Rhucin, a drug for the treatment of Hereditary Angieoedema (HAE), will be presented at a press conference in London on 30 August.

IBM and university scientists launch global computing effort to find cures for dengue fever, West Nile virus and hepatitis C. [ + ]

Paleoanthropologists believe they have found a 10 million-year-old relative of the human line. [ + ]

US researchers have engineered mice with an obsessive compulsive-like syndrome and linked the disorder to protein in the brain. [ + ]

WEHI researchers find a protein in P. falciparum that helps it evade the human immune system. [ + ]

Scientists at the American Johns Hopkins University have now uncovered the mechanism the body uses to identify and remove errors in the genetic code, according to the prestigious scientific journal Nature.

B7-H3 identified as biomarker to predict cancer recurrence and progression. [ + ]

Molecular assassins help Levon Khachigian to Eureka moment. [ + ]

Two of Australia’s top researchers received awards last night at the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Award Dinner at the Australian Technology Park, Sydney.

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are uniting theory, computation and experiment to discover exactly how heavy elements, such as uranium and technetium, interact in their environment.

New research has identified a possible new therapy for stroke. [ + ]

Point-of-care testing is an emerging field within community medicine and will be discussed at this week's South Pacific Congress in Auckland. [ + ]

University of Adelaide researchers have discovered a way of creating a male mouse without a Y chromosome by manipulating a single gene in the developing foetus.

It's not just venom or toxins that cause harm when an angry critter bites - many species have a habit of leaving behind nasty bacterial infections as well. [ + ]

UQ researcher gets the public excited by enticin and seductin them. [ + ]