Swiss researchers have revealed how cancer cells can reactivate a cellular process that is an essential part of embryonic development, allowing them to leave the primary tumour, penetrate the surrounding tissue and form metastases in peripheral organs. [ + ]

Fertility group Genea has announced an updated version of its culture medium Gems, which is claimed to result in more high-grade embryos per IVF cycle than traditional products. [ + ]

Research led by ANU has found that the proportion of 'staph' infections resistant to antibiotics has increased in Australia since 2000, with most cases now occurring in the community rather than in hospitals. [ + ]

The 2017 AusBiotech annual general meeting (AGM) saw the election of Professor Jan Tennent as the new director of the organisation — an addition that is expected to bring a strong industry-research conduit to the AusBiotech board. [ + ]

Global healthcare company MSD and the University of Queensland's commercialisation company, UniQuest, have partnered to develop a platform for new immuno-oncology therapies. [ + ]

Melbourne researchers have produced a three-dimensional (3D) map of a molecular 'scaffold' called SgK223, known to play a critical role in the development and spread of aggressive breast, colon and pancreatic cancers. [ + ]

Twenty national medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical projects will receive $7.385 million in funding from the industry growth centre MTPConnect. [ + ]

European scientists have found that novel classes of compounds, such as metal complexes, can be used as alternatives to or to supplement traditional antibiotics. [ + ]

Cardiologists are collaborating on a groundbreaking study into cardiovascular care, using over 100 million healthcare records from more than 1000 hospitals. [ + ]

Researchers from 300 different institutions have collaborated on the world's biggest ever genetic study of breast cancer — and discovered 72 new genetic markers for the disease in the process. [ + ]

Canadian medical marijuana producer Aphria has completed its first shipment of cannabis oil to Australian medical life science company Medlab Clinical Limited. [ + ]

RMIT researchers have used liquid metal to create two-dimensional materials no thicker than a few atoms that have never before been seen in nature. [ + ]

Seven biomedical researchers have been awarded more than $1.7 million, as Perpetual announced the recipients of the 2017 Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Awards for Biomedical Research. [ + ]

Researchers have found 76 new types of antibiotic resistance genes by analysing large volumes of DNA data. [ + ]

Azura Ophthalmics has received US$16 million in Series B funding to develop treatments for meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). [ + ]