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23 OCT 2019
Five ways health research translates into real-life solutions
The Translational Research Grants Scheme aims to incentivise research that is a priority for the State,...
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14 OCT 2019
Why curing rare diseases benefits us all
In the mid-1980s, a young boy attended the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney with a rare cancer...
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09 OCT 2019
Aboriginal healthy hearts
Aboriginal Australians are twice as likely to have a heart attack as other Australians and more than...
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01 OCT 2019
How AI and ingenious apps are changing the face of medical research
For just a small sample of your saliva and around $100, there are services that will analyse your DNA at more...
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23 SEP 2019
Stem cell therapy might finally put an end to chronic pain
A pioneering stem cell therapy technique could be the key to providing relief from the debilitating nerve...
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18 SEP 2019
Medicine and engineering join forces to save lives
A marriage of engineering and medicine in Western Sydney has borne fruit with a breakthrough device that...
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11 SEP 2019
Overdose prevention kit program expands to save more lives
Professor Nicholas Lintzeris, addiction medicine specialist and Director of Drug and Alcohol Services...
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02 SEP 2019
After a cancer diagnosis, a clinical trial offers hope
In 2015, when Graeme McLean was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, he was utterly devastated. Then...
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29 AUG 2019
$6.85 million for game-changing healthcare solutions
A non-evasive device to monitor pregnancy and labour progression and a respirator for healthcare workers...
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15 AUG 2019
The cancer revolution is here
“It’s cancer,” is the diagnosis everyone dreads to hear. Yet in 2018, more than 46,000 people in NSW are likely...