Elizabeth Blackburn, a molecular biologist, has become the first Australian woman to win a Nobel prize. Professor Blackburn, whose ground-breaking work on telomeres- protective caps on the ends of chromosomes- which has given new scope to inquiry into growth, ageing and disease, is the 2009 Nobel laureate for physiology or medicine. Professor ...

A Federal Government taskforce says that the cost of cigarettes should be raised to over $20 a packet, junk food advertising be phased out and soft drinks and cask wine should be hit with higher taxes. Led by University of Melbourne’s Professor Rob Moodie, the taskforce says it plans to tackle ...