US researchers have discovered a pathway that eliminates genetic defects in red blood cells. [ + ]

A ‘one-stop shop’ for brain disorder information has been created, with the launch of the website www.florey.edu.au by the Howard Florey Institute, Australia’s leading brain research centre.

NuSep takes a financial stake in its neighbour Minomic. [ + ]

Two local antibody therapeutics businesses have agreed to join forces. [ + ]

Two of our distant relatives in the genus Homo are believed to have existed together in eastern Africa for almost half a million years. [ + ]

The rate of change in genetic research and the technology at our fingertips is nothing short of a revolution. [ + ]

We look at the background to the massive international collaboration looking for genes associated with breast cancer, which published its landmark findings in the May 27 edition of Nature. [ + ]

Some of the oldest forms of life, confirmed to be 3.5 billion years-old, have been identified by a team of researchers at the University of Queensland.

Second enzyme uncovered in protein degradation. [ + ]

A leading international research-based pharmaceutical company is calling for Australian scientists to help solve a scientific research dilemma, at the annual AusBiotech conference in Brisbane, October 21–25.

Ventracor's LVAD device is now on the market. [ + ]

Apollo Life Sciences is testing its transdermal delivery technology in OTC applications before clinical trials for therapeutics. [ + ]

An Australian DNA laboratory is helping international conservationists to study the habits of Cambodian elephants. [ + ]

siRNA symposium to be held at AusBiotech in October. [ + ]

A new species of extremophiles has been discovered in America's Yellowstone National Park. [ + ]