NSW Health and Medical Research

Health & Medical Research news

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...

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09 AUG 2019

The human skin replacement that got experts buzzing

An enormously elastic protein that has numerous useful medical applications – from treating acne scars,...

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04 AUG 2019

Winners announced as heart disease attracts NSW's brightest minds

Australia’s number one killer, heart disease, is being challenged by researchers under the NSW Government’s...

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31 JUL 2019

The revolution that’s changing how we treat severe childhood disease

Dr Michelle Farrar is fighting a battle on many fronts to prevent and cure a degenerative childhood disease...

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26 JUL 2019

Scientists solving the big mysteries of the heart

Sydney’s City2Surf running event is usually a happy occasion, enjoyed by 80,000 runners who jog 14km...

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18 JUL 2019

$6 million to accelerate health research

A selection of New South Wales’ finest researchers will share in almost $6 million to improve Aboriginal...

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15 JUL 2019

Australian start-up fighting an incurable side effect of cancer treatment

A start-up company, launched by two young Australian graduates from the University of Wollongong, is set to revolutionise...

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04 JUL 2019

Welcome to the largest biobank in the Southern Hemisphere

In 10 or 15 years, a frozen drop of your saliva or a piece of tumour could be the key to discovering...

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18 JUN 2019

Better post-operative care for Australia's rapidly growing older population

More than 900,000 patients over the age of 65 are admitted for surgery each year in Australia. Many have...

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10 JUN 2019

The researcher who's putting an end to childhood cancer

When Professor Michelle Haber was growing up in the 1960s, childhood cancer was virtually a death sentence....

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