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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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06 OCT 2020

Investigating the behaviours of a population in a pandemic

When it comes to managing a public health crisis, one thing is certain: evidence is gold. Data drives...

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28 SEP 2020

Making preventative health care culturally safe for Aboriginal people

Australians have adopted many positive health behaviours amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Increased hand washing...

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14 SEP 2020

How AI software will track snoring’s silent killer

When it comes to wake-up calls, they don’t come much bigger than the time Dr Nadi Sadr’s father fell...

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10 SEP 2020

Discovery challenges the foundations of gene therapy

A new publication by scientists from Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) has challenged one of the foundations...

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04 SEP 2020

New trial to bolster kidney health in people with early type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is the world’s fastest-growing chronic condition, but its first-line treatment hasn’t...

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27 AUG 2020

NSW Government research grant helps boost genome sequencing techniques to track COVID-19

Whole genome sequencing rarely results in breaking news alerts, but the COVID-19 crisis has put science...

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