Analytical instrumentation provider AXT will soon be installing a Synergy-S single crystal X-ray diffraction system, manufactured by Rigaku Oxford Diffraction (ROD), at The University of Queensland (UQ). [ + ]

Researchers have identified a reversible 'master switch' on most developmental genes in the common fruit fly, a powerful model organism for studying how human genes are organised and function. [ + ]

UK scientists have discovered a set of epigenetic marks and proteins that behave like genetic switches, controlling which genes contribute to making antibodies. [ + ]

Fast-tracking biomarker research has the potential to transform cancer diagnosis and treatment, according to a report by the University of South Australia's Sansom Institute. [ + ]

University of Leicester experts in association with the spin-off company MIP Diagnostics have developed polymeric materials with molecular recognition capabilities which hold the potential to outperform natural antibodies in various diagnostic applications. [ + ]

Particle & Surface Sciences (PsS) has been appointed distributor for Izon Science products across Australia. [ + ]

Stem cell researchers Mark Dawn and Jessica Mar have both received $50,000 Metcalf Prizes from the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia. [ + ]

Australian and Sri Lankan medical researchers have forged a new action plan to investigate the causes of a particular form of chronic kidney disease. [ + ]

Biotron has announced that several of its compounds have demonstrated significant antiviral activity against hepatitis B (HBV) in recently completed preclinical studies. [ + ]

Prima BioMed has presented new data from a phase I clinical trial investigating eftilagimod alpha, its anticancer candidate, in combination with pembrolizumab in unresectable or metastatic melanoma patients. [ + ]

myDNA has conducted a national study into the mental health of Australians, revealing that two-thirds of people believe that improvements could be made to their medication. [ + ]

Singaporean researchers have created polymer nanoagents that can 'light up' tiny areas of diseased tissues that conventional methods fail to detect. [ + ]

Medical and health experts from across Australia and New Zealand recently convened in Adelaide to discuss the way forward for particle therapy in Australia. [ + ]

Fresh Science — an Australia-wide competition helping early-career researchers find, and then share, their stories of discovery — is now underway for 2017. [ + ]

The Zero Childhood Cancer program — said to be one of the world's most comprehensive child cancer personalised medicine studies — has finally reached Western Australia, seven weeks after its national launch. [ + ]