Fish is brain food and for most of us that means eating it. For Michael Lardelli, zebrafish are also helping us understand the human brain. [ + ]

Studying the symbiotic relationship between legumes and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria raises the possibility of a potential application in cereals. [ + ]

Did the evolution of C4 photosynthesis pathways in grasses helped kick-start modern human evolution as well? [ + ]

The Howard Florey Institute and Parkinson's Victoria have teamed up to establish the Parkinson’s Victoria Research Register (PVRR) — a living patient database for Parkinson's disease (PD), the nation’s second most common, chronic neurological condition.

The September/October 2007 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now. [ + ]

Australian company BTF Decisive Microbiology has been acquired by bioMerieux. French clinical diagnostics company bioMérieux is present in more than 150 countries through 35 subsidiaries and has a large network of distributors.

Antioxidants may destabilise tumour growth by starving a 'hypoxia protein' of free radicals. [ + ]

Canadian researchers find fragile X protein in glial cells as well as neurons. [ + ]

Researchers at Deakin University have found that diesel exhaust is far more damaging to our health than exhaust from biodiesel, the plant-based fuel.

Sydney University is contributing $30 million towards the construction of a new education and research centre at the Royal North Shore Hospital (RNS).

Share offer to raise funds for Alzheimer's trial. [ + ]

Phosphagenics announces Phase II trial of insulin patch. [ + ]

DNA-embedded ink used in packaging may become the solution that authorities and companies need to combat counterfeit products.

Multiple copies of a gene for a digestive enzyme may have helped humans on their way to world domination. [ + ]

Sydney researchers pinpoint variant in gene that makes for more efficient muscle metabolism. [ + ]