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25 FEB 2021
How NSW Health’s can-do approach is creating an ecosystem that allows clinical trials to thrive
Two clinical trials aiming for better outcomes for cardiac patients. Both, too, benefitting from the streamlined...
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02 FEB 2021
How science uncovered the reasons COVID-19 spreads in a home
One of the most important steps to control the spread of COVID-19 is for anyone infected to stay at home....
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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...