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18 JAN 2021

Microbiome and the mind: How the gut influences mental health

If you’ve ever felt sick with worry, gone with a gut instinct or felt butterflies in your stomach,...

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30 NOV 2020

Video call consultations for aged care residents aim to avoid unnecessary trips to emergency

A trip to an emergency department can be stressful at the best of times, but for residents of aged care...

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26 NOV 2020

Why stopping blood flow could transform cancer treatment

In 2005, vascular surgeon Dr Rodney Lane had an idea for how to increase blood flow to patients’ extremities,...

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23 NOV 2020

Meet the new bone repair tool that dissolves in the body

In 2013, Iman Manavitehrani was collaborating with the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia,...

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13 NOV 2020

PhD scholarship funding awarded for the next generation of gene and cell therapy researchers

Gene and cell therapies are emerging as extremely effective solutions to previously untreatable diseases....

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09 NOV 2020

New antibody blood test to reveal the state of our immunity

For a scientist drawn to the “endlessly fascinating” puzzle of getting to know a virus, 2020 has presented...

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29 OCT 2020

Solving a heart problem with tools from the oil industry

In cardiac care, replacing the mitral valve is a conundrum. While new surgical techniques are now making...

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29 OCT 2020

Drawing on the strengths of Aboriginal communities to respond to COVID-19

In the days after the black summer bushfires had devastated communities on the Far South Coast of New South...

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15 OCT 2020

Local connections to reveal how Aboriginal communities stay healthy during the pandemic

While stories of people not wanting to follow public health guidelines regularly make the news, we are less...

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09 OCT 2020

Platform study design advantage for quicker access to treatments

Any new medical treatment undergoes vigorous testing before it hits the shelves. Unfortunately, conventional...

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