Integrated DNA Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the oligonucleotide synthesis business of Singapore-based company AITbiotech. [ + ]

Start-up company Kayban has developed what is claimed to be the world's first antimicrobial healthcare range made from organic flaxseed oil. [ + ]

Yabao Pharmaceutical and the University of South Australia have formalised their agreement to collaborate on the development and commercialisation of innovative new pharmaceuticals. [ + ]

Trajan Scientific and Medical has announced its new Instruments, Sensors and Devices Business Unit, to be located at the University of Adelaide's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS). [ + ]

Cirdan will be the first laboratory information system (LIS) vendor to fully interface with BloodNet, Australia's national blood inventory management and supply chain system. [ + ]

The winners of the 2015 Extreme Imaging Competition were announced at The International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, held in Adelaide. [ + ]

Researchers have identified a gene that could help doctors to predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in patients, thus ensuring such patients receive an optimal level of treatment. [ + ]

Researchers have developed an RNA test of blood platelets that can be used to detect cancer. By analysing a sample equivalent to one drop of blood, they were able to identify, classify and pinpoint the location of the cancer with impressive accuracy. [ + ]

Professor Perry Bartlett has been presented with the 2015 CSL Florey Medal for his discoveries in the field of neuroscience, including breaking the scientific dogma that the adult brain can't change and regenerate. [ + ]

Olympus Australia has announced that REFLEX is now its official representative for pXRF and pXRD mining analysers in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. [ + ]

The Stafford Fox Medical Research Foundation will support the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in its development of new strategies for diagnosing and treating patients with rare cancers. [ + ]

November has been a good month for the University of New South Wales, with UNSW researchers receiving recognition on both local and international stages. [ + ]

ANU has been awarded $2.5 million in the latest NHMRC funding round to host a new Centre of Research Excellence on Cognitive Health. [ + ]

The Australian Institute for Innovative Materials has launched the four-week online course 'Bioprinting: 3D Printing Body Parts', enabling people to discover how the world of 3D printing and biocompatible materials is allowing scientists to rethink approaches to health care. [ + ]

Atop a remote mountain in the Chilean Andes, construction on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is about to begin. [ + ]