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An education in ethics
Bioethicist Dr Ainsley Newson talks mitochondrial donation, targeted testing and other ethical dilemmas ahead of the AACB AIMS 2018 Combined Scientific Meeting. [ + ]
Impactful science
A Nobel prize-winning American cell biologist talks about extracellular vesicles (EVs), exciting developments in the field and the challenges facing scientific publishing. [ + ]
Genetic variation discovered in cancer cell lines
While scientists have thought that individual cell lines remain genetically uniform, they can in fact evolve in ways that dramatically change their responses to drugs. [ + ]
Voyage to an underwater volcano
An international team of scientists have returned from a once-in-a-lifetime expedition that took them 400 km north-east of New Zealand. [ + ]
Nanoparticles detect biomarkers for deep-tissue cancers
A new form of nanoparticle and associated imaging technique can detect multiple disease biomarkers, including those for breast cancer, found in deep tissue in the body. [ + ]
Peptide drug could treat liver cancer more effectively
A novel peptide drug called FFW could potentially stop the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or primary liver cancer. [ + ]
Australian mathematician wins prestigious Fields Medal
Number theorist Akshay Venkatesh has become the second Australian in history to win a Fields Medal, often described as the Nobel Prize for mathematics. [ + ]
Could Australia's microbiome contain new antibiotics?
Industry and academia are coming together in a three-year, $6.9 million quest to search for new antibiotics in 500,000 species of Australian microbes. [ + ]
Plant science discovery could help develop treatments for genetic diseases
A newly discovered molecular mechanism of gene regulation could help develop treatment strategies for genetic diseases. [ + ]
Yin Yang protein may fuel breast cancer growth
Cancer cells are much more reliant on the Yin Yang1 molecule than normal cells, and this may drive breast cancer growth. [ + ]
2018 Australasian Genomic Technologies Association conference
The AGTA conference, Australia's foremost genomic technology conference, is an essential event for researchers and industry representatives who work with genomic technologies. [ + ]
Drug-filled nanobubbles triggered by X-rays
The tiny bubbles, known as liposomes, are commonly used in pharmacology to encapsulate drugs, making them more effective in the treatment of disease. [ + ]
Non-viral CRISPR genome editing
UC San Francisco scientists have genetically reprogrammed T cells without using viruses to insert DNA. [ + ]
Detailed protein data isolated from single human cells
Scientists have had one of their clearest looks yet at the molecular happenings inside a human cell. [ + ]
Ultrasound used to burst chemo-capsules inside liver tumours
Heat-sensitive lipid capsules filled with chemotherapy have been ruptured remotely using ultrasound, enabling them to deliver their cargo directly to liver tumours. [ + ]
