The Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Garvan) have announced a collaboration to facilitate Australia's access to whole human genome sequencing. [ + ]

Genetic Technologies has launched the enhanced version of its breast cancer risk test and appointed two new non-executive directors to help with its restructuring.

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and Curve Tomorrow have won first place in the Launch! session of the Annual Fall Health 2.0 conference in California.

A study on the human genetics of malaria has found that certain genes determine a person's level of resistance to this disease. [ + ]

A cocktail of fungi and pre-treatment with heat facilitates the breakdown of wine waste into potentially useful commercial metabolites. [ + ]

Australia needs to actively drive the uptake of assistive healthcare technologies to allow people to stay at home longer and live more independently, according to a new Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) report. [ + ]

The National Environmental Science Program will receive funding of $102 million over four years from the Australian Government. [ + ]

The Queensland Government's response to the recommendations of the review of the operation of the Gene Technology Act 2001 (Qld) has been released. The government said its response to the review recommendations was prepared in consultation with relevant departments "who generally support the findings of the review".

Global Kinetics is collaborating with research and support charity Parkinson's UK for a 12-month pilot trial of the company's Parkinson's KinetiGraph symptom monitoring devices. [ + ]

Bionomics, (ASX:BNO) Viralytics (ASX:VLA) and STA have presented strong data from cancer trials at ESMO 2014 in Spain. [ + ]

Experimenting within quantum theory is an extremely complex process, where common intuitions are regularly inverted within shifting reality. Over the years, several quantum features and methods of their study have been identified. [ + ]

BioSA, an initiative established by the South Australian Government, is this week opening its Tech Hub - a business incubator designed to facilitate collaborations, knowledge transfer and support for technology companies. [ + ]

AusBiotech is advocating for the Australian Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Incentive as an amendment to the current Australian corporate tax regime and seeks case study examples of Australian businesses that would benefit from such an amendment.

A once-a-year treatment with medicines used to treat osteoporosis shows promise for treating osteoarthritis. [ + ]

Australian researchers have found that omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFA), long recognised for helping to prevent heart disease, have another beneficial role to play: increasing the chance of paternity success. [ + ]