The Australian government has declined to repatriate 34 women and children from Syria over alleged links to the Islamic State group. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the group, comprising members of 11 families, would not be allowed to return to Australia

Researchers from IIT Bombay and Monash University have developed a gentler method to recover lab-grown T-cells used in cancer immunotherapy. The breakthrough addresses a major challenge in CAR T-cell therapy by improving cell survival and efficiency