Trial of reverse transcriptase inhibitor achieves good results in patients with drug-resistant HIV. [ + ]

Clinuvel has identified a new application for its photoprotective drug, this time in cancer patients. [ + ]

LabTech Systems has been awarded $2.14m under the AusIndustry Commercial Ready Grant program to support the development and commercialisation of its laboratory instrumentation, MicroStreak.

The ability to resist many of the antibiotics used against plague has been found so far in only a single case of the disease in Madagascar. But because the same ability is present in other kinds of bacteria from a broad range of livestock, antibiotic resistance could potentially spread to other Yersinia pestis and also other bacterial pathogens.

Sydney University researchers have identified how crocodiles and other reptiles detect temperature - shedding new light on their adaptation to environmental changes and pointing to new pain treatments for humans.

Peptech has released a new antibody technology platform called Synhumanisation. [ + ]

In addition to its job as master regulator of apoptosis, p53 is also responsible for activating the tanning response in skin, a new study claims. [ + ]

Regional Australia will have the opportunity to view the latest technology in scientific instrumentation at a series of mini exhibitions in May.

There are a number of new draft Australian Standards methods available for public comment at the moment. These will be of particular interest to those in food and water laboratories, and those undertaking testing for legionellae.

The RAMP1 protein appears to turn up the volume of a nerve cell receptor's response to the CGRP neuropeptide. [ + ]

UK researchers are investigating the link between polycystic ovary syndrome and insulin resistance. [ + ]

The University of Queensland's (UQ) Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres have been recognised with $15.7 million of extension funding for all four research groups.

New technology in the fight against counterfeit medicines in the developing world was announced in a presentation to the WHO’s International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce this week.

How social life evolved from solitary ancestral lifestyles has been an enduring mystery for years, and now scientists are one step closer to unravelling its genetic underpinnings. [ + ]

Contrary to recent moves by Big Pharma to shed workers and costs, Schering-Plough is buying up. [ + ]