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.
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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.
We shouldn’t scoff at the Facebook founder’s goal of eradicating disease.
Curing HIV – or at least achieving long-term remission – is possible, under the right circumstances.
The new venture between Melbourne and Monash Universities will help bridge the gap that exists in commericialising medical research.
The media regularly report impressive medical advances, but not the animal research that plays a critical role in developing the new treatment or giving us insights into basic science.
The MRFF should prioritise the chances of making major advances in knowledge and the chances of research having an impact on Australian health and wealth.
The randomised controlled trial is touted as the gold standard in medical research. But its controlled laboratory conditions are far removed from the messy realities of life.
Yo-yoing between eating well during the week and bingeing on junk food over the weekend is likely to be just as bad for your gut health as a consistent diet of junk.
Human guinea pigs? On the occasion of Rennes drama, an explanation of what the drug trials in France and how they are controlled.
Meta-analyses that combine many different studies are the gold standard for medical evidence. But they are only as good research they examine.
Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug with more than 181 million consumers worldwide, three quarters of whom are men. Why do men and women use cannabis?
We are engaged in one of the great struggles of human knowledge – to liberate clinical trial data.
Principais colaboradores
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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, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Emeritus Robert Reford Professor and Professor of Medicine, McGill University
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Professionalism, University of Adelaide
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Geneticist and Group Leader, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Secretary-General, International Human Frontier Science Program Organisation; Emeritus Professor, Monash University, Monash University
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Visiting Professor UNSW, UNSW Sydney
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Chancellor, Monash University
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Professor of Health Economics, Duke-NUS Medical School
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Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, Monash University
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Senior lecturer, public health ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
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Chief Scientist, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
