A protein linked to accumulation of harmful brain plaque in Alzheimer's patients has been shown in fruit flies and mice to be an important part of a molecular transportation system that moves signals and vital protein cargoes within the brain. [ + ]

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia, have determined the shape of an antibody that could unlock treatments for the debilitating disease lupus. [ + ]

Data on a complex enzyme that lies at the crossroad between cell suicide and tumor suppression has opened a promising front in the battle to find effective treatments for stroke and cancer. [ + ]

A study by an international team of researchers shows vision can be successfully preserved in rats that go blind in the first months of life. [ + ]

Dr Meek is the first appointee under the Gene Technology Act 2000, which provides a comprehensive legal framework for the regulation of genetically modified organisms in Australia in order to protect human health and safety, and the environment. [ + ]

Individuals who had taken at least one aspirin in the week before suffering an ischemic stroke had milder strokes than people who had not taken aspirin, according to a report in the December issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. [ + ]

Leptin, a protein secreted by fat cells, may be an independent risk factor for heart disease in humans, according to an article in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. [ + ]

Australian biotech company Progen Industries has announced that recently conducted preclinical research of its leading anti-cancer compound, PI-88, revealed that the compound also had a novel profile as a potential anti-thrombotic and inhibitor of restenosis. [ + ]

An anti-tumour durg, AQ4N, which destroys tumour cells that other anti-cancer treatments cannot - is undergoing clinical trials at Leicester Royal Infirmary and Oxford's Churchill Hospital in the UK. [ + ]

Is Australia's scientific performance being watered down due to the pressures brought about by policy changes over a decade ago, or is it simply the case that university researchers are becoming much more clever in how they publish? [ + ]

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have produced images of brain cells forming temporary and permanent connections in response to various stimuli. [ + ]

The Australian Biotechnology Association has called for a more co-ordinated, strategic approach to the development of the biotechnology industry. [ + ]

Antibiotics to combat hospital superbugs as well as tuberculosis and salmonellas are being developed by Dr Jim Naismith of St Andrews University, Scotland. [ + ]

The unique dual-action role of a natural regulatory protein that controls cellular function has been described by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. [ + ]

An effective leukaemia vaccine could be available within a few years following a breakthrough by scientists in the UK. [ + ]