An Australian scientist's radical therapeutic treatment for diabetes - using insulin-producing pig cells - could resume clinical trials within the next few months.

In an effort to halt the spread of deadly infectious diseases now threatening to reach epidemic proportions around the world, an unprecedented research effort was launched today by IBM, The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), and the University of Chicago to discover drugs to treat and cure dengue fever, West Nile encephalitis, hepatitis C, and a host of related diseases including yellow fever.

Researchers say they have found a link between a blinding eye disease called glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease. Investigators say the connection has to do with a protein called beta amyloid.

What do zebras, bacteria, and cancer have in common? They all can evolve in response to pressures in their environment. This simple biological fact inspired researchers from the University of California, Irvine, to study cancer in a new light.

Nottingham's strength as a UK Science City is further underlined today, with news that the Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity, has awarded almost £1 million to an innovative biosciences company.

Three gene variants in the DNA of 486 AIDS patients appear to play a role in containing and slowing HIV, an international research team says.

Australian researchers say people with very poor resistance to infections are much more likely to contract 20 different types of cancers.

Melbourne scientists have discovered two molecules in humans that can increase the lifespan of blood cells. Scientists at the Walter Eliza Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne hope the breakthrough will stop critical storages dying in blood banks before they can be used.