Optiscan Imaging's flexible confocal microscope technology is to be developed and commercialised by marketed by Asahi Optical in a $20 million deal. [ + ]

Newly listed drug discovery company Antisense Therapeutics has revealed it is tying up relationships with Australian and overseas institutes to develop its discovery pipeline. [ + ]

Australian biotech start-up Phenomix has closed a $US12 million deal with a first-tier Australian/US venture capital syndicate. [ + ]

Dr Walt Dunlap at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, in collaboration with Professor Yorihiro Yamamoto at the University of Tokyo, has discovered an enzyme adaptation that may one day enable humans to enjoy greater health in old age.

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that the embryonic development of the first axis of an animal, which defines its inner and outer layers and is initiated by the entry of sperm into an egg, is intimately linked to a protein complex long known to be instrumental in cell division.

Thousands of Australian university students studying in the areas of biology and environment science are set to benefit from a teaching tool developed by the universities of Adelaide, Queensland and Sydney.

A developing cell in the human body sits on the edge of death, only if a protein messenger from another cell arrives in time to call off the killing, will the cell then mature into any one of the various types of body cells, such as skin, liver and brain.

A conference in the US will focus on developing strategies to open scientific study and work to women beyond the present efforts, which often seem sporadic and disjointed.

A Queensland company that is receiving international industry attention for its work in detecting blood clots and diagnostic imaging of DVT (deep vein thrombosis) has achieved an industry milestone.

The Australian Research Council’s 'Linkage Projects' is part of the National Competitive Grants Programme introduced in 2001.

The Australian Academy of Science argues that the 'Protection of Human Genetic Information Issues Paper 26', raises important issues for those engaged in scientific and medical research in Australia, and for the wider community.

Scientists at Australia’s national university have developed a plant that could help transform Mars from barren red planet to a green oasis.

The Australian Academy of Science has expressed dismay at the process used by the new coalition government to impose priority areas of research on the Australian Research Council.

A collaborative study is under way in Victoria, using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the brain to assess the effect of Botulinum toxin A on learned arm movements in children with cerebral palsy.

The Western Australian state government has given in-principle support to plans to establish one of the world's largest commercial super computers in Western Australia.