Invitrogen has launched its Invivofectamine delivery reagent, which enables siRNA experiments in vivo [ + ]

Sarcosine a potential biomarker for prostate cancer progression [ + ]

Svante Paabo and co have completed a rough draft of the Neanderthal genome [ + ]

Next time you have a nasty lab or iPhone accident, forget the band-aids. Just reach for your CSIRO PhotoSeal and a torch, and hey presto, new skin or blood vessels. [ + ]

The Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative will be a boon to research in Australia, with our very own supercomputer set to revolutionise how the life sciences sector works. [ + ]

BenchPro 4100 is the industry’s most advanced automated Western blot processor [ + ]

The protein complement of ear fluid might be considered an unusual way to spark an interest in an emerging field, but it has led Nicki Packer to become one of Australia’s premier experts in glycomics. [ + ]

New cancer research facility launched at WEHI [ + ]

Nanosonics, Polartechnics, Fluorotechnics [ + ]

Researchers find vast number of non-coding but functional RNAs [ + ]

Researchers have uncovered a vast new class of previously unrecognised mammalian genes that do not encode proteins, but instead function as long RNA molecules, and seem to play critical roles in both health and disease, including cancer, immune signalling and stem cell biology.

Victorian and NSW collaboration succeeds in creating Australia’s first iPS cell lines [ + ]

$4 million Australia Fellowships for biomedical research announced [ + ]

Antibodies block polymerase activity during set-up of the PCR reactions at ambient temperature [ + ]

Oxford Biomedical Research has released a new assay for GSH/GSSH available in two formats [ + ]