Medicine
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1.3KBreakthrough in predicting premature birth
A blood test developed by a team of scientists, including researchers from The University of Western Australia, can identify women who are...
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1.4KFlu season is here
MedicalDirector says it’s not too late to vaccinate.
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1.5KCOVIU platform helps drive inbound medical tourism growth
A powerful audio-video platform developed by CSIRO’s Data61 has the potential to raise the standard in the delivery of medical services internationally.
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1.5KTaking malaria breath markers to world
Australian scientists will be field testing their ground-breaking breath markers for malaria, thanks to a $1.4 million research grant from the Bill...
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1.8K$4M Start-up investment to accelerate drug discovery
Thanks to a creative risk-sharing agreement with CSIRO, Melbourne start-up biotech company MecRx has secured a $4 million investment from the Medical...
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1.8KAustralian cancer drug licensed
A promising cancer drug, developed in Australia by the Cancer Therapeutics CRC (CTx), has been licensed to US pharmaceutical company Merck in...
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MRIWA PhD scholarships for 2021 attracts all women researchers - Get Education
Three PhD scholarships funded by the State Government, through the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA), have been awarded to talented professionals working to deliver innovative research relevant to the State’s mining industry. Elizabeth Wall has been awarded the Odwyn Jones P...
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Clinical trial finds vitamin D does not ward off colds and flu - GetSTEM
A QIMR Berghofer-led randomised controlled trial of vitamin D supplements has found they do not protect most people from developing colds, flus and other acute respiratory infections. The trial, which is the largest of its kind to study the relationship between vitamin D and respiratory infection to...
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Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years - GetSTEM
Earth’s ability to absorb carbon emissions through plants could be halved within the next two decades at the current rate of warming, according to a new study from the University of Waikato and Northern Arizona University, USA. Published in Science Advances, the research suggests mitigating agains...
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That ‘instinctive gut feeling’ comes from your brain - GetSTEM
New research from The University of Queensland (UQ) illustrates, to a certain extent, why we can take someone at ‘face value’ and why we develop ‘gut feelings’ about a person within a split-second. Past research has shown that the amygdala — a small almond-shaped structure in the brain —...
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Diamonds are a cell’s best friend - GetSTEM
Scientists have used tiny diamonds, or nanodiamonds, to measure heat transfer inside living cells, potentially leading to new diagnostic tools and therapies for cancer. Associate Professor Taras Plakhotnik, from The University of Queensland’s School of Mathematics and Physics, in collaboration wit...
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 at 4:22am
MRIWA PhD scholarships for 2021 attracts all women researchers https://t.co/eqhhQEjD8b
MRIWA PhD scholarships for 2021 attracts all women researchers https://t.co/eqhhQEjD8b
Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 2:51am
That ‘instinctive gut feeling’ comes from your brain https://t.co/IMHqrWjHNw
That ‘instinctive gut feeling’ comes from your brain https://t.co/IMHqrWjHNw
Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 2:38am
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years https://t.co/LSoK2pvh9f
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years https://t.co/LSoK2pvh9f