Genome sequencing of a multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli strain has revealed this bacterium is close to becoming resistant to almost all antibiotics. [ + ]

An international study, led by The University of Queensland (UQ), has been tracking a multidrug-resistant E. coli strain that is only one gene away from being resistant to almost all antibiotics. [ + ]

EKF Diagnostics, a global in vitro diagnostics business, has acquired Separation Technology Inc (STI), a Florida-based manufacturer of in vitro diagnostics devices for haematology testing. [ + ]

Researchers have uncovered a new family of seed proteins as well as provided an explanation for 'de novo protein evolution'. [ + ]

The international research consortium FANTOM (Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome) has released the first comprehensive map of gene activity across the human body and provided the first holistic view of the complex networks that regulate gene expression across the cell types that make up a human being. [ + ]

AusBiotech has welcomed news that Simon McKeon AO will speak at the National Press Club in Canberra about the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research in Australia. [ + ]

Analytica (ASX:ALT) will soon be ready to file EU CE Mark and US 510(k) submissions for PeriCoach, a device for treating female urinary incontinence that is already approved in Australia. [ + ]

pSivida (ASX:PVA) licensee Alimera Sciences has made its third resubmission of its US New Drug Application for diabetic macular edema treatment Iluvien. [ + ]

A Dutch hospital has won approval to be reimbursed for some procedures involving GI Dynamics' (ASX:GID) EndoBarrier so that healthcare authorities can evaluate allowing nationwide reimbursement. [ + ]

Twenty-one new fellows have been elected to the Australian Academy of Science. [ + ]

A team of international researchers has moved a step closer to developing a vaccine to protect against middle ear infection, which could also be used for those with poor lung function. [ + ]

The distribution of cold-blooded creatures such as insects, spiders and skinks is predicted to shift rapidly due to extreme weather events associated with climate change. [ + ]

Oil spills, such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico, cause heart defects in developing fish embryos.  [ + ]

The federal government last week released a statement on the Pharmaceutical Patents Review report, confirming it "has no plans to respond to the report at this stage". [ + ]

CanTx, a JV between Novogen (ASX:NRT) and Yale University, said its lead drug candidate Trx-1 induced an anti-tumoural effect in a mouse model of ovarian cancer. [ + ]