Australian researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in the fight against advanced melanoma, giving hope to over 1800 Australians expected to die from the deadly disease this year. [ + ]

Nominations for GSK's Award for Research Excellence are now open until 10 July 2017. [ + ]

Science and technology company Merck has developed a new genome editing tool that is said to make CRISPR more efficient, flexible and specific. [ + ]

Leaders from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), experts from Italy and clinicians from NSW recently met to explore how the full range of particle therapy treatments may be made available to Australians. [ + ]

Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) has expanded its organisational and global manufacturing footprint with the opening of a Penang Malaysia facility. [ + ]

Australian-listed, clinical-stage oncology company PharmAust has secured a new patent in Australia covering the use of its lead drug for non-cancer applications, including neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes and age-related disorders. [ + ]

The Australian National University (ANU) is inviting citizen scientists with an interest in astronomy to join a search for exploding stars called supernovae. [ + ]

Scientists at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered that 'tumour-trained' immune cells — which have the potential to kill cancer cells — move from one tumour to another. [ + ]

Scientists have found that cancer immunotherapy, intended to boost the body's immune system in order to fight tumours, may actually be having the opposite effect in some cancers. [ + ]

Australian researchers have grown brain cells on a semiconductor wafer patterned with nanowires which act as a scaffold to guide the growth of brain cells. [ + ]

The Annual Conference of China Scientific Instruments (ACCSI) has recognised the Micromeritics GeoPyc 1365 as one of the leading new instruments introduced in China in 2017. [ + ]

Avita Medical Limited, a regenerative medicine company focused on the treatment of wounds and skin defects, has filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition against Renovacare patent. [ + ]

UK researchers have uncovered the secret behind the explosive leaping ability of leafhopper insects — a discovery that could help create better technology in the future. [ + ]

The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance has welcomed the funding commitment for clinical trials and registries in the Federal Budget. [ + ]

Pharmaceutical manufacturing and drug development company IDT Australia has received a Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame award in the High Growth Sector of Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals. [ + ]