New insight into Rett syndrome severity
A research collaboration between Australia and Israel has identified a genetic variation that influences the severity of symptoms in Rett syndrome.
Apr 20, 2009
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Apr 20, 2009
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Vegan Buddhist nuns have same bone density as non-vegetarians
A study comparing the bone health of 105 post-menopausal vegan Buddhist nuns and 105 non-vegetarian women, matched in every other physical respect, has produced a surprising result. Their bone density was identical.
Apr 16, 2009
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Major breakthrough in transplantation immunity
Australian scientists have made a discovery that may one day remove the need for a lifetime of toxic immunosuppressive drugs after organ transplants.
Apr 07, 2009
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Vaccine trial flags challenge to celiac disease
An effective clinical treatment for coeliac disease (or gluten intolerance) is the ultimate objective of WEHI clinician scientist, Dr Bob Anderson. This month will see the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial for an experimental ...
Apr 03, 2009
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New study set to change how critically ill patients are treated
The current practice of intensively lowering blood glucose in critically ill patients increases the risk of death by 10%. Results of the largest trial of intensive glucose lowering in critically ill patients published today ...
Mar 24, 2009
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School kids 'wagging' breakfast are missing healthy brain fuel
The national MBF Healthwatch survey has revealed that a disturbing number of children 'wag' breakfast claiming there is 'no time' to eat, they are 'too tired' or 'can't be bothered' having a meal before going to school.
Mar 23, 2009
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Media health reporting: Accuracy improving but still a way to go
New research on the reporting of medical treatments in the media shows slight improvements in accuracy but the overall quality of health reporting remains poor.
Mar 19, 2009
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How yeast is helping us to understand Parkinson's Disease
Teams of scientists from Australia and the United States have used yeast and mammalian cells to discover a connection between genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson's disease.
Feb 27, 2009
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'It takes a genome: How a clash between our genes and modern life is making us sick'
It's not just the climate that is struggling with what humans have done to the modern world, our genes are feeling the pressure as well, according to Professor Greg Gibson's recently published book.
Feb 25, 2009
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Deciphering the body's healing secrets
Healthy blood vessels play a key role in the prevention and treatment of diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels and are critical to the regulation of blood vessel growth ...
Feb 12, 2009
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New treatment hope for prostate cancer
Scientists at Melbourne's Burnet Institute have developed a potential new treatment for patients with prostate cancer. An article, which described the invention, has recently been published in the prestigious international ...
Feb 06, 2009
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Cancer rejection: Scientists discover crucial molecule
Researchers at the Centenary Institute in Sydney have discovered a molecule on the surface of immune cells which plays a critical role in cancer rejection.
Feb 04, 2009
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Bone fractures can double or triple mortality for up to 10 years
A new study shows that osteoporotic fractures increase a person's risk of dying, even after relatively minor fractures if that person is elderly. With hip fractures, there is double the risk of death for women, three times ...
Feb 04, 2009
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Baffling the body into accepting transplants
An unexpected discovery made by a Sydney scientist has potential to alter the body's response to anything it perceives as not 'self', such as a tissue or organ transplant.
Jan 21, 2009
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Researchers find chink in the armor of viral 'tummy bug'
Researchers at Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Melbourne have moved a step closer to identifying a broad spectrum treatment for the dreaded 'viral tummy ...
Dec 23, 2008
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