Medicine
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Genomic fingerprints meet coronavirus
What is it, how does it work, and how can it help?
By Rebecca Rockett, University of Sydney. If you had told me in January that “genomics” would become a buzzword in...
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COVID-19: The lessons learned to date
Peter Doherty concludes his analysis of the first months.
Part 3 of 3. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Back in 2012 I was invited to do a short Q&A book on pandemics for an Oxford...
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Cosmos Q&A: Quest for a vaccine
How an Australian team progressed to human trials.
Researchers at the University of Queensland this week began the first human trials of their COVID-19 vaccine. You can...
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Novel way to get lungs ready for transplants
Scientists restore rejects through cross-circulation to a pig.
Damaged human lungs could be made suitable for use in transplants through cross-circulation to a pig, new research su...
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COVID-19: The lessons learned to date
Peter Doherty continues his analysis of the first months.
Part 2 of 3. Read Part 1. Humanity has been on a very steep learning curve since, reacting to a 31 December 2019 r...
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Ultra-fine X-rays tested on cancer cells
Australian team explores the use of MRT.
Australian scientists have trialled in rats a new radiation therapy technique that uses ultra-fine X-rays to target b...
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Australia’s response to coronavirus challenge
Cosmos Q&A: Dr Rob Grenfell, CSIRO.
Some say it’s Australia’s second wave, others that it’s still the first that immediate action allowed us to suppress....
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COVID-19: The lessons learned to date
Peter Doherty analyses the first six months of the pandemic.
As of 29 June, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had, since January, recorded 10,021,401 ‘official’ cases of ...
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Be alert but not alarmed
New H1N1 swine flu found in China.
By Ian M Mackay, University of Queensland Researchers have found a new strain of flu virus with “pandemic potentia...
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Four unusual things about coronavirus
What we’ve learned about what we’re dealing with.
By Sanjaya Senanayake, Australian National University It is now almost six months since the world became aware of ...
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COVID-19's problem of confounding variables
Peter Doherty looks at issues around seasonal change.
As Shakespeare’s Richard III has it: ‘Now is the winter of our discontent, Made glorious summer…’ But is the summer e...
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Brain stimulation needs to be precise
Researchers identify areas linked to impulsive behaviour.
Australian researchers have identified areas of the brain they believe are linked to negative side effects from deep ...