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25 AUG 2020

Healthy gut, healthy immune system: how our microbiome helps protect us from disease

Our immune system defends us from invading germs, but – somewhat paradoxically – it’s the trillions...

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21 AUG 2020

Can vaping nicotine help people on methadone stub out their final cigarette?

Overall cigarette smoking rates in Australia are almost half what they were in 1995 . But one group...

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07 AUG 2020

The analytical tool that could take the ambiguity out of COVID-19 test results

Australians have had tests for SARS CoV2, the virus causing COVID-19, by the millions. In the months...

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04 AUG 2020

The researcher putting platelets under the microscope to explore their part in the origins of heart disease

Medical science understands the role of platelets to both heal and harm. The tiny cell fragments, components...

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30 JUL 2020

Five ways the COVID-19 pandemic has changed clinical trials

In the six months since the first recorded COVID-19-related death, the virus has infected over 16.5 million...

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28 JUL 2020

$15 million awarded to further spinal research in NSW

Seven cutting-edge NSW research projects have been awarded almost $15 million in NSW Government grants...

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21 JUL 2020

A new way to keep donated organs healthier in transit

Hundreds of Australians are lucky enough to receive life-changing surgery each year thanks to organ donation...

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17 JUL 2020

First COVID-19 research grants announced

The first round of projects to receive funding under the NSW Government’s $25m COVID-19 Research Grants...

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07 JUL 2020

How an expectant mum’s microbiome influences pregnancy and baby health

Safeguarding the health of her unborn baby can sometimes feel like a solo event for a mum-to-be, but she is far from...

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26 JUN 2020

Blood pressure drugs may bring clarity to new COVID-19 treatment

Common blood pressure medication is at the centre of a new COVID-19 treatment clinical trial led by the George...

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