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Paralysed person piloted virtual drone using brain implant
Credit: wenjin chen/Getty Images Advances continue to be made in neurobionics – integrating electronics with the nervous system to repair or replace impaired function – with the latest example helping...
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Brain cell transplant as a treatment for some neurological disorders
Astrocytes — named for their star-like shape — are a type of brain cell as abundant as neurons in the central nervous system, but little is known about their role in brain health and disease. Many...
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Antibody treatment prevents severe bird flu in monkeys
Illustration of antibodies surrounding a virus particle. Credit: STEVEN MCDOWELL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images As the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus continues to devastate...
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OCRF: Fostering careers of ovarian cancer researchers
In Australia, one person dies from ovarian cancer every 8 hours. There are no tools for prevention, no early detection or accurate screening tests, and its generally vague symptoms – such as bloating,...
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New AI decision tool improves hospital efficiency
Credit: Charday Penn via Getty Images A new artificial intelligence-driven approach to more efficiently free up hospital beds will likely be rolled out across several South Australian hospitals within...
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Global expert panel recommends against injections for some back pain
Credit: gaga vastard via Getty Images Spine injections offer little, or no pain relief for certain kinds of chronic back pain compared to sham injections, a panel of international experts has found....
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Weight-loss molecule discovered, with seemingly fewer side effects
Structure of the 12-amino-acid BRP peptide. Each amino acid is in a different colour, with spheres representing atoms and sticks representing bonds. Credit: Katrin Svensson/Stanford Medicine...
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Promising vaccine a step closer helping end tuberculosis epidemic
The highly inflammatory immune response to Micobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) when unvaccinated results in structures called granulomas, which are dense collections of immune cells formed to contain...
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Explainer: the science of xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation, taking the organs, tissues or cells from one species and transplanting them into another, is rapidly approaching reality as an alternative treatment for many end-stage diseases....
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First pig-to-human liver xenotransplantation
Credit: Maryna Terletska/Getty Images Researchers in China say they performed the first transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a brain-dead human recipient, publishing their results in...
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We could use gum and artificial sweetener to fight viruses and bacteria
Scientists have recently taken unorthodox approaches to tackling the global challenge of infectious human disease, looking to artificial sweetener to address antibiotic resistance, and chewing gum to...
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Revealed – what’s behind sudden death syndrome in young people
Swedish researchers may have helped to prevent premature deaths from Sudden Arrhythmic Death syndrome (SADS). Exploration of a decade-long patient database has revealed what was happening in the...
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Researchers release ‘molecular brake’ to restore vision in mice with retinal...
Korean researchers have developed a new method that might one day restore vision to patients with retinal disease. “Our goal is to provide a solution for patients at risk of blindness who lack proper...
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Australia on the verge of diabetes breakthrough
Professor Wayne Hawthorne and his team. Hawthorne is holding transgenic pig islets in culture prior to their quality assurance, counting validation and transplantation. Credit: Kylie Ironside/WIMR...
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Cheap “lab-in-a-tube” tuberculosis test could change remote healthcare
Researchers have created a “lab-in-a-tube” tuberculosis test, with all the ingredients necessary to detect the disease in under an hour. Costing just AUD$4.3 (US$2.70) per sample, the lab-in-a-tube...
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Blood supply will be another victim of the climate crisis
Bags of blood emergency blood type. Credit: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Climate change will impact all aspects of life as we know it, including blood donation with a new review in The Lancet...
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