Agriculture Victoria's 40-year bantamised hen project has entered the commercialisation phase, beginning a joint research deal with an elite international breeder. [ + ]

Australian researchers were wasting 90 per cent of their intellectual property value because they did not understand how to use it, a patent attorney has warned. [ + ]

A screening instrument that enables drug company technicians to run parallel tests has been released by Melbourne-based company Axon Instruments (ASX: AXN). [ + ]

The world's leading non-profit funder of diabetes research was in Australia this week (February 27) to seek out Australian stem cell scientists. [ + ]

Innovation is the 21st Century driver for economic growth, high quality jobs, wealth and improved living standards, the Minister for Innovation, John Brumby, has said.

Brisbane biotech business Xenome Ltd is moving closer to human trials with a pain-killing molecule derived from the venom of a marine shellfish. [ + ]

Backing hopeful young companies into the listed shells of mining companies is an old habit in Western Australia. [ + ]

Australia's biotechnology companies will have to merge or perish, according to leading industry analyst Ernst and Young. [ + ]

There are fears the current insurance industry upheaval will force some biotechs to the wall unless the Gene Technology Act 2000 is overhauled. [ + ]

US-based genetics company, Sequenom, has chosen Queensland as the location for its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters, Premier Peter Beattie has announced.

Australian stem cell researchers were confused by media reports today that the Federal government had banned human embryonic stem cell research. [ + ]

CSIRO was well on its way to addressing the raft of serious problems outlined in a confidential internal report, the organisation's chief has claimed. [ + ]

The cone snail, a marine snail from the Great Barrier Reef, is proving to be a vaulable ally in pain management drug research. [ + ]

Australia's first artificial hearts are to be implanted in human patients within weeks, according to the developer. [ + ]

Agenix Limited (ASX: AGH) has announced a 435 per cent increase in after-tax profit to $1.7 million for the six months to December 31, 2001. [ + ]