NSW Health and Medical Research

Health & Medical Research news

07 NOV 2019

The device that enables HIV self-testing in places that need it most

Medical device experts in Australia have created an affordable, all-in-one HIV self-test, and they’re...

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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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