The size and growing magnitude of the dementia epidemic has forced a welcome decision by health ministers to name the disorder as Australia’s latest national health priority area. Yet for researchers searching…
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Should governments make it easier to perform human research to discover medical uses of illicit drugs such as cannabis, ecstasy (MDMA) and LSD? Professor David Nutt of Imperial College London argued recently…
Cancer has been a National Health Priority Area since 1996 because of the burden it places on the Australian community. Of course, cancer isn’t just a health and economic burden – it takes an enormous…
Scientific and medical articles, and websites by Crohn’s disease associations give similar definitions of the illness: “Crohn’s disease is a chronic, inflammatory disorder which may involve any part of…
Awareness during general anaesthesia is very uncommon, but when it occurs it’s distressing for patients and their carers. Our understanding of this phenomenon has grown over the past decade but we’re still…
Australian medical research is undergoing its most important and comprehensive review in more than ten years. Led by the 2011 Australian of Year, the McKeon Review couldn’t have happened soon enough because…
Families can be educated to help their children overcome anorexia nervosa, according to new research. Family-based therapy…
Bile can help protect against heart disease and cancer, according to new research. People with higher levels of a pigment…
Hypnosis in one form or another has been around for thousands of years, but until recently, evidence to support its biological and clinically powerful effects have been lacking. Today hypnosis is used…
Women pregnant with twins should give birth at 37 weeks to avoid complications, according to new research. Thirty-seven weeks…
This week’s release of the NSW Health and Medical Research Strategic Review identifies many opportunities to strengthen research and ensure the community extracts the maximum possible benefit from its…
A specific gene has been discovered to regulate muscle size in a new study. Genetically modified mice missing the Grb10 protein…
A new way to regulate the body’s natural immune response has been discovered in a new study. The new approach focuses on…
New software combines ancient Chinese practices and modern medicine to measure health by analysing images of the tongue…
Our ability to imagine and look to the future depends on the brain regions that store general knowledge, a recent study has…
Imagine that a soft touch or brush of the skin was enough to evoke excruciating pain. This experience is common among people who suffer with chronic pain from nerve damage. The causes are varied and include…
A new drug that shrinks brain tumours in melanoma patients has had promising results in phase one trials. Researchers say…
The thymus (a structure behind the breastbone) has been identified as an indicator of whether or not pre-eclampsia will develop…
Brain cells responsible for controlling immunity and microglia inhibit memory during ageing, new research has shown. However…
Nanotechnologies can be used to ensure disease-conrolling drugs are absorbed into the body much more effectively than traditional…
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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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