New drug holds promise for therapy-resistant breast cancer
11 August, 2017Scientists have identified a first-in-class molecule that shuts down estrogen-sensitive breast cancer.
Lizard venom could treat blood clots
11 August, 2017An international research team is studying various types of lizard venom as possible treatments for blood-clotting diseases.
Gut bacteria composition affects nutritional choices
01 August, 2017Two new studies have revealed that the gut bacteria composition affects nutritional choices as well as reproduction, using common fruit flies as a model system.
Walter and Eliza Hall in $400m royalties deal for cancer drug
28 July, 2017The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research has made a landmark deal worth up to US$325 million ($408 million) from the partial sale of royalty rights for anticancer treatment venetoclax.
Complex immune system changes observed after traumatic injury
24 July, 2017Within the first hour after experiencing a traumatic injury, a person's immune system undergoes a series of complex, dynamic changes, reveals a new study.
Tiny implantable 'seeds' of tissue produce fully functional livers
24 July, 2017 by Anne Trafton, MIT News OfficeIn an effort to ease the shortage of livers, US researchers have developed a new way to engineer liver tissue by organising tiny subunits that contain three types of cells embedded into a biodegradable tissue scaffold.
Ebola-fighting super cell discovered
18 July, 2017Australian and American researchers have discovered a super cell that may have the potential to help contain the Ebola virus.
Mother's epigenetic memory essential for embryo development and survival
14 July, 2017It has long been debated if epigenetic modifications accumulated throughout the entire life can cross the border of generations and be inherited by children or even grandchildren.
Gut flora an early marker for heart failure?
14 July, 2017In the gut of patients with heart failure, important groups of bacteria are found less frequently and the gut flora is not as diverse as in healthy individuals.
Gonorrhoea resistance on the rise; new drugs needed
07 July, 2017Each year around 78 million people are infected with gonorrhoea, a common sexually transmitted infection.
Personalised vaccine prompts strong anti-tumour response in patients
06 July, 2017A personal cancer treatment vaccine that targets distinctive 'neoantigens' on tumour cells has been shown to stimulate a potent, safe and highly specific immune anti-tumour response in melanoma patients, reported scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Australian-Canadian partnership for medical cannabis
04 July, 2017LeafCann Group, a Melbourne-based medical cannabis producer, has formed a joint venture with Canadian developer of medical cannabis delivery systems and devices Resolve Digital Health.
Skin cancer costs 30 times more to treat than prevent
03 July, 2017Despite being largely preventable, skin cancer costs Victoria's public hospitals more than $50 million a year, new research from Deakin University and Cancer Council Victoria has found.
Aus cancer vaccine closer to human trials
30 June, 2017Radvax, a cancer treatment vaccine, being developed by South Australian company Vaxine, is closer to human trials.
New approach examines how medicines act on cells
19 June, 2017Australian researchers have developed a new approach to monitor how medicines interact with and modify the activity of living cells.
