Dr Bruce Hall, the clinical director in medicine at Liverpool Hospital, has been suspended by the New South Wales Health Department. [ + ]

Celera Genomics Group founder Craig Venter has formed three not-for-profit organisations to study the ethics and social implications of genetic technology, and to look for applications of biotechnology in energy production. [ + ]

CSIRO scientists have hatched an ambitious plan to wipe out carp in the Murray-Darling River, by using genetically manipulated carp that lack the ability to change sex. [ + ]

The US government is paying for tests of a Melbourne-developed microbicide gel on macaque monkeys. [ + ]

Adelaide-based company BresaGen has received $8.9 million from the South Australian government to build a new research facility at the Thebarton Biotechnology Precinct. [ + ]

A Melbourne start-up looking at pigs as potential organ donors is among hundreds of Australian businesses to be affected by the suspension of the Federal government's R&D Start program. [ + ]

Brisbane based Progen Industries has moved into Phase II clinical trials for their small molecule cancer drug PI-88. [ + ]

In a major advance for ophthalmology, the Lion's Eye Institute in Perth has developed a flexible, artificial cornea made of hydrogel polymers. [ + ]

Ambri has adopted new business software and services from Frontstep, to help it to take its new clinical diagnostic system from prototype to full-scale manufacture. [ + ]

CSIRO Plant Industry chief Dr Jim Peacock has been elected to head the Australian Academy of Science (AAS) after 27 years in the academy. [ + ]

Analytica has posted its first positive operating cash flow on the back of its takeover by listed medical diagnostics group Psiron last year. [ + ]

An international team of researchers led by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have identified the gene that causes a rare body-fat disorder, a discovery that may ultimately expand the understanding of obesity-related illnesses.

Prima Biomed's (ASX: PRR) vaccine platform technology has taken another step towards success by triggering a strong immune response in large animals, the company reported today. [ + ]

Recent media interviews with Dr Ian Wilmut, the scientist responsible for cloning Dolly the sheep, have suggested that all clones are genetically and physically defective. [ + ]

Science Minister Peter McGauran has pledged his support to a call for funding to research the tiny irukandji jellyfish, which has claimed two lives off the Queensland coast this year. [ + ]