Australian scientists are today presenting at Parliament House a plan for the nation to develop fusion energy as a potentially safe and sustainable energy source.

TNFa sets off a chain of events leading to new blood vessels that feed breast cancer, US researchers say. [ + ]

New Alzheimer's treatments may help treat major eye disease, UK researchers say. [ + ]

Singaporean academics and industry have joined together to develop a rapid test for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).

Genetic variants in mitochondria, energy-producing structures harbouring DNA that are inherited only from the mother, are directly linked to metabolic markers for type 2 diabetes, according to a report published online recently in Genome Research.

Interest rates, evolutionary neighbours, antibodies get together and sorting sperm from the chaff. [ + ]

Mesoblast sees heart muscle recovery in Newcastle pilot trial. [ + ]

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.