Using sound waves to target tumours
Researchers trial a clever new way to deliver cancer drugs.
Scientists looking to improve the next generation of cancer treatments have developed a way of using ultrasound to de...
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A virus for good, not evil
HPV may protect the skin from some cancers.
A class of viruses commonly found on human skin – low-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) – may play a role in protecti...
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Tracking tau may help fight Alzheimer's
Rapid spread does not mean immediate impact.
The accumulation of tau proteins in the brain is linked to neurological disorders. It is known to spread quickly betw...
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New blood test may improve TB diagnosis
Researchers move a step closer to point-of-care diagnosis.
By Biplab DasAn international research team has developed an inexpensive triage blood test that can distinguish act...
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Low indigenous vaccination rates
Vaccination rates are still low, and declining in some areas.
We need urgent action to reverse declining targeted flu and pneumococcal vaccination rates among adult Indigenous Aus...
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Pain relief may be found in the mud
The inglorious source of a pain killer as potent as morphine.
A sample of estuarine mud taken 16 years ago has yielded a potential new class of painkiller as potent as opioids, bu...
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Osteoarthritis steroid treatment can backfire
In some people, injections could progress the disease.
Research conducted in a leading US radiology department has found that steroid injections to the hip and knee, a comm...
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Hip pain? Turn on your inner salamander
These clever little critters could teach us how to regrow cartilage.
Repairing the worn-out cartilage in your dicky knee or even growing a whole new leg could one day be as simple as swi...
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Using nanotechnology to mend broken hearts
Hossein Tavassoli is working to mend broken hearts.
When Hossein Tavassoli first told his mother that he was researching heart disease, she responded with “But, you’re a...
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Measles: what you need to know
Measles are back and outbreaks are happening across the globe.
When was the last time you heard of someone sick with diphtheria? Or polio? Mumps?Chances are, if you’ve grown up...
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Caesareans linked to microbiome disruption
Study finds babies more prone to colonisation by bacteria.
Babies born by caesarean section are missing normal bacteria and their guts are colonised instead by bugs found in op...
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Using exhaled breath as a diagnostic tool
Electronic nose assesses impact of cancer treatment.
Exhaled breath could become an important diagnostic tool that guides future treatment of cancers and other diseases, ...