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Global push to reform the way we define disease

HealthTimes - 17-05-2017

Experts release new rules for panels which seek to make more healthy people into patients A group of international experts today released

 
World-first discovery of protein that causes liver disease brings hope for new treatments

HealthTimes - 11-04-2017

In a world-first discovery, scientists at Sydney’s Westmead Institute for Medical Research have identified a protein that causes liver fibrosis (scarring), paving

 
On the verge of a Malaria vaccine

HealthTimes - 27-03-2017

Medical scientists have worked in vain for many years to develop a vaccine for Malaria, which kills hundreds of thousands of people every year. In 2015, 429,000 deaths from

 
Scientists solve mystery of immune cells in the liver

HealthTimes - 24-03-2017

In a discovery that could aid malaria vaccine research, scientists led by The Australian National University (ANU) have tracked immune cells and discovered a key molecule

 
Expanding disease definitions under scientific scrutiny

HealthTimes - 15-03-2017

Prestigious national award granted to investigate why so many people are being diagnosed and treated for diseases that won’t harm them

 
Gold Coast a new Australian hub for clinical trials

HealthTimes - 15-03-2017

From Phase 1 human trials for a Malaria vaccine, to studies aimed at treating osteoporosis and a number of trials into innovative life-saving stroke treatment, the Gold Coast

 
A new online assessment tool will help identify coeliac disease

AAP - 13-03-2017

A new online assessment tool will help identify Australians living with coeliac disease. It's feared more than a quarter of a million Australians

 
Research has shown Ross River virus could become a global epidemic

AAP - 22-02-2017

The Ross River virus risks becoming

 
Ross River virus breakthrough

AAP - 21-02-2017

Australian researchers have made an exciting discovery that could lead to the better treatment of those with mosquito-borne diseases like Ross River virus.

 
Indigenous children risk of life-threatening golden staph infection

AAP - 30-01-2017

The number of indigenous children who die in intensive care from a severe infection is twice that of non-indigenous children. Indigenous children

 

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