New way to listen to mini hearts could transform drug development
Current ways of monitoring whether these cardiac organoids are working properly often rely on optical imaging, essentially filming…
Australia’s first study of bi+ people’s sexual health uncovers critical gaps
High engagement with health services, but services don’t reflect bi+ needs According to the survey, 36% of bi+…
Can we cure asthma? Yes, and we have a plan
Asthma is conventionally viewed as “treatable but incurable”. In other words, we can manage its symptoms but not…
Friday essay: I had to crowdfund my cancer treatment in Australia’s ‘universal’ health‑care system
Naama Carlin in hospital with her baby.
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Economic hardship is a lingering…
UNSW researchers target invisible heart disease in women
A new approach to treating CMD At present, women who are told they have CMD are offered symptom-relieving…
Gap widens as vaccination rates slip
Spreading the message With Australia’s flu season now underway, vaccination remains the most effective prevention for severe illness…
‘Unexpected and genuinely exciting’: scientists capture immune cells attacking live melanoma
A hidden army in the skin Macrophages are a type of immune cell that makes up as much…
Health authorities are racing to contain Ebola in the DRC and Uganda. Here’s what’s making it so challenging
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with a rising Ebola epidemic, with almost 600 cases detected…
Slowly ticking breast cancer cells offer new clues to late relapse
Researchers have mapped the drivers of breast cancer cells that resist therapy by growing extremely slowly rather than…
Australia’s first Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre opens to deliver world-leading cancer care
Integrated care and research under the one roof The Centre spans Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick and the adjacent…
How malaria research could reveal clues to male infertility
Disrupting the cycle Malaria infects around 250 million people each year and causes more than 600,000 deaths globally,…
Heading to Bali, Vietnam or Thailand? Why a measles vaccine is more important than ever
Niall Johnston, UNSW Sydney and Phoebe Williams, University of Sydney If you’re planning an Easter holiday to Bali,…