Scientists at the University of Central Florida have developed a prostate cancer test that is said to be faster, cheaper, more sensitive and more accurate than the standard PSA test for early-stage prostate cancer. [ + ]

Monash University has opened its Green Chemical Futures building - a multidisciplinary innovation hub dedicated to supporting Australia's academic and industrial research within the chemicals manufacturing sector. [ + ]

In spite of large-scale deforestation in the tropics, vegetation has increased by almost the equivalent of 4 billion tonnes of carbon since 2003.

A study led by Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research has revealed a new discovery regarding triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) - cancers which lack any of the three receptors (oestrogen, progesterone or HER2) that would make them responsive to targeted drugs.

The Professional Standards Councils (PSC) will fund a year-long study to identify the skills and qualities required to successfully put research to use via commercialisation. [ + ]

Molecular diagnostics company Genetic Signatures listed on the ASX today under the stock code 'GSS', following a successful IPO which achieved the maximum raising of $7.5 million. [ + ]

Setaram Instrumentation has announced DKSH Australia as its new exclusive representative in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

In order to encourage leadership at an internationally competitive level, the National Health and Medical has recognised four Australian health centres as NHMRC Advanced Health Research and Translation Centres. [ + ]

An international research team has suggested that the ingestion of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), long associated with lowering the risk of bowel (colorectal) cancer, may be dependent on a person's individual genetics. [ + ]

An international research team has suggested that the ingestion of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), long associated with lowering the risk of bowel (colorectal) cancer, may be dependent on a person's individual genetics. [ + ]

Corporate advisory house Cube Capital has just launched in Australia, with a plan to capitalise on the boom in tech and healthcare stocks and take them public.

The Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) has received ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation for Illumina-based sequencing services in its next-generation sequencing lab.

An international research team has, for the first time, used DNA sequencing to trace the fatal spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) between patients in the UK. [ + ]

GATC Biotech clients will be provided with full access to QIAGEN's Ingenuity Variant Analysis solution for analysis and interpretation of genetic data, complementing GATC's InView Human Exome and providing customers with an integrated solution to identify causal variants in their exome sequencing data. [ + ]

Following an exclusive distribution agreement signed last week, life science company Sigma-Aldrich will employ its sales, marketing and e-commerce expertise for the exclusive worldwide distribution of the Biochemical Reagents product portfolio from Roche. [ + ]