ANU researchers have uncovered a neat little system to stop DNA replication in its tracks. [ + ]

Could an on-the-fly gene repair process prolong the lives of boys with the devastating X-linked muscular disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy? [ + ]

Just as the HPV vaccine Gardasil receives FDA approval, an argument has broken out between the researchers involved in the vaccine's development. So who patented what? [ + ]

An annotated DNA sequence for human chromosome 1 was published in Nature in May. Graeme O'Neill takes a time-travelling tour of the big one. [ + ]

The discovery of an important partnership between two proteins in the neuron holds out great hope for treating epilepsy. [ + ]

A novel cell capture array technology invented in Australia promises to offer the life science sector a major boost in protein research. [ + ]

The international Human Variome Project is up and running following a highly successful first meeting in Melbourne in June. [ + ]

Hox genes - long thought to define the body plans of all animals - are not used by corals. [ + ]

An experimental drug designed to seek out and destroy a gene associated with vascular disease is providing effective in early animal trials. [ + ]

Female mammals may continue to proudce eggs throughout puberty and adulthood. [ + ]

Nano-sized fluorescent probes that can slip inside living cells and clarify life’s most fundamental processes, or track the effectiveness of cancer-fighting drugs, are barely noticed by the cells they enter, according to a team of researchers led by the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

The molecular machinery that starts the process by which a biological cell divides into two identical daughter cells apparently worked so well early on that evolution has conserved it across the eons in all forms of life on Earth.

University of Queensland researchers may have discovered why the koala is susceptible to certain infections and cancers.

Dr Frederic Meunier, a winner of UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer innovation competition, is developing a treatment for motoneuronal diseases based on modifying botox.

The University of Sydney has officially launched a new medical research facility – the Bosch Institute.