Targeting healthy cells that have been hijacked by cancer cells could help treat many different types of the disease, according to scientists from the University of Southampton. [ + ]

Public health officials in several US states have identified an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to various clinical, commercial, and college and university teaching microbiology laboratories. [ + ]

Scitech has been appointed the authorised distributor in Australia and New Zealand for 3Brain — a Swiss-based company that sells large-scale, high-resolution microelectrode array (MEA) recording platforms for in vitro electrophysiology based on active CMOS circuits. [ + ]

Two new studies have revealed that the gut bacteria composition affects nutritional choices as well as reproduction, using common fruit flies as a model system. [ + ]

Scientists have identified important processes that create cancer-causing mutations by studying the genomes of more than 1000 tumours. [ + ]

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research has made a landmark deal worth up to US$325 million ($408 million) from the partial sale of royalty rights for anticancer treatment venetoclax. [ + ]

Scientists in the US have reportedly modified the genes of human embryos using CRISPR. [ + ]

GL Sciences has partnered with Xperential Scientific, a scientific instrumentation, consumable, software and diagnostic supplier based in Melbourne, for the distribution of its product range in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

HaemaLogiX, an Australian immuno-oncology company, has signed an agreement with local health and research institutions for commercialisation rights to an immuno-oncology agent designed to specifically target malignant cancer cells present in the bone marrow of multiple myeloma patients. [ + ]

UNSW's Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics, said to be the largest and most comprehensive university-based facility of its kind in Australia, has found a new home. [ + ]

It's a sad era for chemistry when you can buy chemical-free water, in a chemical-free plastic bottle, to wash down your chemical-free pills from your chemical-free pharmacist, says Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel. [ + ]

New research has shown an association between higher levels of brain iron, the presence of Alzheimer's protein amyloid, and poorer memory and language skills. [ + ]

The size and swimming speed of sperm are controlled by a single supergene in birds, reveals a new study. [ + ]

Within the first hour after experiencing a traumatic injury, a person's immune system undergoes a series of complex, dynamic changes, reveals a new study. [ + ]

Japanese scientists have grown cucumbers in space flight. [ + ]