AAP - 25-11-2014

The transparent zebrafish develops the tuberculosis bug in the same way humans do and may help researchers develop new ways to treat the disease.

HealthTimes - 09-09-2014

Background One mechanism utilized by bacterial pathogens for host adaptation and immune evasion is the generation of phenotypic diversity by the phasevarion

AAP - 04-09-2014

Researchers say they have found how to stop cells from attacking healthy body tissue, a breakthrough that holds hope for MS, diabetes and lupus sufferers.

AAP - 03-09-2014

New drug daclatasvir can rid 90 per cent of hepatitis C patients of the infection in 12 weeks when combined with other agents. [subscribe]

AAP - 19-08-2014

A cholesterol-lowering drug cuts heart and stroke risks by 30 per cent in diabetic women, according to a new study. A cholesterol-lowering drug

AAP - 15-08-2014

A test vaccine for the joint disease chikungunya shows promise, its makers say, after its first human trials yielded positive results. A candidate

AAP - 07-08-2014

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak has hit 932, as international health experts meet to discuss whether to declare the situation a crisis.

AAP - 05-08-2014

LONDON, AFP - Drugs used to treat HIV could potentially be used to treat multiple sclerosis in the future, experts have said after new research showed that people with the

AAP - 04-08-2014

Health authorities say the death of a person from suspected meningococcal disease in Queensland's southeast isn't cause for widespread alarm. The disease

AAP - 01-08-2014

LONDON, AFP - British scientists are to map 100,000 complete DNA code sequences in a project that will make the country a world leader in genetic research on cancer and rare