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Questions abound about whether the scientist who created the first gene edited human beings took shortcuts in the ethical oversight process. But pedantically focusing on protocol misses the point.
Medical advances were the only positive things to come out of the Great War.
Once associated with mind-control experiments and counter-cultural defiance, psychedelics now show great promise for mental health treatments and may prompt a re-evaluation of the scientific method.
If we want My Health Record data to be made available for medical research we need to make it opt in, not opt out. We'll have a smaller dataset, but at least it will be ethically defensible.
Koro is widely believed to be a culturally localised delusion. But a theory that it's a fight-or-flight reflex might be corroborated by studying traditional healing treatments in Indonesia.
Data ethics should pay much more attention to the social value of research
The journal initially only published articles by European physicians. But in the 20th century a number of Indonesians, who became founders of respected medical institutions, published there too.
Non-use of data may be an even bigger problem that its misuse.
Many cities could learn from Dundee, which overcame industrial decline to become a UNESCO City of Design, with a shiny new cityscape to match
In medical training and practice, gender differences have at last become a vital part of diagnosis and treatment.
There's more to Tourette syndrome than swearing and shouting. Over the last several years, many life-altering treatments of this tic disorder have become available to patients and their families.
Australian medical researchers are under intense pressure to find funds to continue their research, and there is some optimism that the latest NHMRC funding changes will help.
When commemorating our troops, doctors and nurses this Anzac Day, consider also tipping your hat to the discovery of bacteriophages. In the post-antibiotic era, our health might just depend on them.
In the future, drugs will be tested on organoids – three-dimensional organ-parts grown in a dish.
Most people know they can donate their organs after they pass away. But what about their medical data? For National Donor Day, we suggest countries create national databases of data donors.
Lowering the threshold for FDA approval and feeding the agency less rigorous information will increase the likelihood of approvals of unsafe or ineffective drugs and devices.
After almost four-and-a half decades and from modest beginnings, the Dunedin study has evolved into one of the most significant long-term tracking studies in the world.
The recent NHMRC funding announcement has renewed criticism about how medical research is funded in Australia. Is the system fair? Or is it stacked against some researchers?
While AI seems unstoppable, our improved understanding of human brains is levelling the playing field for now.
Top contributors
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Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute & Professor of Medical Biology, and an honorary principal fellow in the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Secretary-General, International Human Frontier Science Program Organisation; Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow, Monash University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, Monash University
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Rheumatologist; PhD student, Department of Immunology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Professor of Health Economics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor & Leader of Regenerative Neuroscience Group, Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Chancellor, Monash University
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Flinders University
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Geneticist and Group Leader, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Chancellor's Research Fellow, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, UNSW
