CSIRO and universities come together to research new grain varieties with higher fibre. [ + ]

The 2008 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics has been won by Prof Mandyam Srinivasan, head of Visual Neuroscience at the Queensland Brain Institute.

Starpharma's anti-HIV and herpes microbicide is well tolerated by men, the company told the IAS conference today. [ + ]

Three SNPs identified in HIV+ people may help delay disease. [ + ]

Bioscience companies are invited to attend a trade mission to Hong Kong. [ + ]

Gene suppressor controls bad cells to allow good cells free rein. [ + ]

Three-stage procedures offer an optimal relationship between costs and benefits in analysing genetic influences in diseases and therapies, a fact that has major practical importance for the ever growing number of gene analyses.

Boosting levels of p53 and one of its regulators, Arf, both suppresses cancer and delays ageing, new research finds. [ + ]

Cambridge University-led study finds more evidence that modern humans arose from a single point of origin in sub-Saharan Africa. [ + ]

The treatment of coeliac disease could be tailored to individual genetic make-up following a Victorian research breakthrough. [ + ]

'Tumour paint' 500 times more sensitive than MRI, study claims. [ + ]

Study finds Abbott Laboratories' ABT-737 increases therapy effectiveness. [ + ]

A Sydney research team has come up with evidence of inter-generational epigenetic inheritance in humans. [ + ]

The July/August 2007 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now -- and so is Wobbly. [ + ]

Genome-wide association study finds new gene implicated in type 1 diabetes. [ + ]