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HIV research continues to search for a cure. The focus is on developing therapies to cure HIV infection or allow people with HIV to safely stop antiretroviral therapy and keep the virus under control.
There are several areas where Australia could be a world leader in innovation. If we can identify them and focus our efforts there, we could generate some genuine benefits here and abroad.
Diverse threads of the vast interrogation of nature we call science are coming together in a rich and mutually informative intellectual tapestry.
A new animal study has shown injections of antibodies might protect against HIV infection, albeit for only a limited time.
Humans have a deep history of viral infections, the evidence for which dates back to ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies.
You might have heard the term flavivirus recently due to the outbreak of Zika virus. Zika, along with West Nile virus, dengue, yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis, belong to this family of virus.
Peer review is not infallible, but it’s central to how science works. In this extract from Peter Doherty’s new book, The Knowledge Wars, he explains how it works in practice.
Australia need to take responsibility for the consequences of its fossil fuel consumption and exports.
The scientific community reacts to the news that Dr Alan Finkel has been appointed Australia’s New Chief Scientist as of 2016.
Ebola’s clever trick – to lie dormant inside a cell or to hide in a particular organ – is not unfamiliar. Lots of viruses do it. HIV is the master of such a trick.
A new fingerprick test given at the patient’s bedside predicts Ebola infection within minutes.
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Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of virology and theme leader for viral infectious diseases, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Microbiology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Postdoctoral researcher, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Laboratory Head, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Research Fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Post doctoral researcher and medical epidemiologist, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Honorary Clinical Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Molecular microbiologist; laboratory head, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital and Consultant Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Postdoctoral researcher, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
