The Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and AlgoNomics have joined forces to develop a technology that verifies whether certain proteins induce an immune response in humans.

Scientists at Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered a system in the brain that stops an alcoholic’s craving for alcohol, as well as preventing relapse once they have recovered from alcohol addiction.

Stage two of the John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry at Curtin University of Technology has been lauched by Fran Logan, Minister for Energy, Science and Innovation.

Research at The University of Queensland could revolutionise the treatment of pain relief with the help of a sea snail.

CSIRO researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples – a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties.

Entries are now being accepted for Innovic’s Next Big Thing Award 2007.

Australian science infrastructure will be upgraded by $500 million in Australian government funding announced by the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop.

The Productivity Commission’s report into Standards Australia makes a series of demanding recommendations while acknowledging that Standards Australia had “embarked on a significant plan to address key issues of concernâ€, according to John Tucker, CEO of Standards Australia.

The successful projects under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) have been announced, including the establishment of a national mouse phenomics network, a plant phenomics network and a national medical imaging facility. [ + ]

Bradley Smith, executive director of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS), has kindly provided us with a breakdown of the individual projects receiving money through NCRIS. [ + ]

The cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil will be available to 12 to 13-year-old girls next year after manufacturer CSL and the federal government agreed on price. [ + ]

Prana Biotechnology has raised $7.8 million in cash to add to its fund for a Phase IIa trial in human patients of its PBT2 compound for Alzheimer's disease. [ + ]

The federal government has launched an internet tool for the biotechnology industry to help it navigate Australia's biotechnology regulations. [ + ]

On 14 December, the ABC will air a Film Australia documentary called the Winners' Guide to the Nobel Prize.

Waiting a day or more to get laboratory results back from the doctor’s office soon could become a thing of a past.