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“Promising new treatment” for children with multifood allergies
New research has found a “promising new treatment” protects children with multiple food allergies from reactions to accidentally eating small amounts of allergy-triggering foods. The findings –...
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Four questions about the historic approval of a CRISPR-based medicine
Victoria Gray lies in her hospital bed at Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, praying the bone marrow transplant will finally stop the pain. Her younger brother is a match, and...
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Researchers target cheap drug in new approach to cancer therapy
An Australian cancer researcher has repurposed an inexpensive medication typically used in hospitals to treat nausea to improve the response of expensive anti-cancer antibodies and get the patient’s...
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Targeting inflammatory protein could help treat severe asthma
University of South Australia Australian researchers have found that a family of proinflammatory molecules called beta common cytokines control inflammation and scarring of the airways (fibrosis) in...
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50 remarkable and inspirational women in Australian science
International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. In honour of IWD 2024, Cosmos is showcasing the achievements of 50 of...
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COVID has killed off a flu virus, US scraps it from vaccines
A line of the flu virus has been effectively wiped out, ironically thanks to COVID-19. The ‘Yamagata’ lineage is one of two varieties of Influenza B, which along with Influenza A subtypes, causes...
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Blood test for Alzheimer’s only if the price is right
Australian doctors will follow their US counterparts and hope to soon be able to test for Alzheimer’s using a simple blood test, perhaps by the end of the year. The test, like so much medicine, is...
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COVID-19 pandemic has cut life expectancy globally
COVID-19 reversed earlier trends toward longer life expectancies. During the pandemic, life expectancies globally dropped by 1.6 years according to a new study published today in the Lancet medical...
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Newly uncovered “Black Death” plague mass graves may be Europe’s largest
More than 1,000 skeletons of victims of the plague have been found in mass graves in the centre of the southern German city Nuremberg. It is possibly the largest mass grave site ever excavated in...
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First cow to produce human insulin in its milk created in Brazil
Scientists have created a cow which can produce human insulin in its milk. The animal is transgenic – meaning DNA from another species, in this case human, was introduced into it through genetic...
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How CRISPR-Cas genome editing might one day be used to cure HIV
One of the most significant challenges in treating HIV is the virus’ ability to integrate its genome into the host’s DNA. This means that lifelong antiretroviral therapy is essential as latent HIV can...
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How did PNG villages thrive when the women were wiped out by disease?
One of the most in depth genetic population studies of people from the Highland villages in Papua New Guinea has thrown up fascinating insights into internal migration and tribal culture, and might...
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Rise detected throughout Australia in designer drugs
University of South Australia experts have issued an alert on the use of the synthetic stimulant pentylone, as new research finds a 75% increase in detections across Australia. In a new study as part...
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Vaccine for the “zombie drug” developed as treatment for overdose
Chemical biologists have developed vaccines to block the effects of xylazine, a sedative for use in animals that is now being illicitly added to opioids, like fentanyl and heroin, in the US. The...
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A century of diabetes treatments
Namson LauUNSW Sam Hendricks360info Leonard Thompson was 14 when he made history. The Canadian teenager was on his deathbed, drifting in and out of a coma in a Toronto hospital in 1922, when he became...
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Vaccine prevents UTIs for up to 9 years in more than half of people
A potential alternative to antibiotics for treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections has been shown to prevent UTIs for up to 9 years in 54% of people given the oral spray-based vaccine. The...
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US study finds RSV as severe as COVID-19, flu
Infection with Respiratory Syncytial Virus – RSV – is as severe as COVID-19 or influenza infection, says an investigation by American medical researchers, prompting calls for the illness to be taken...
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Australia has weathered the COVID-19 storm
Editor’s Note: This story describes data reported on the Australian Department of Health website that was incomplete and has been since revised. Readers are advised to view Deaths, deceptive data and...
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New study explains why some types of melanoma resist targeted therapies
The most serious skin cancer is the world is cutaneous melanoma. In 2020, an estimated 325,000 new cases of melanoma were diagnosed and 57,000 people died from the disease. But in new hope for...
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Can a drug like Ozempic help treat addictions to alcohol, opioids or other...
Semaglutide (sold as Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus) was initially developed to treat diabetes. It works by stimulating the production of insulin to keep blood sugar levels in check. This type of drug...
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