Miele expands medical tech business with Steelco stake purchase
29 June, 2017Miele is set to acquire a controlling stake in the Steelco Group to further expand in the medical technology industry.
Coronary artery disease genes influence reproduction
23 June, 2017 by Adam FloranceCoronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death in modern humans and researchers from the University of Melbourne can now explain why.
Medical devices give hope to traditional manufacturers
19 June, 2017 by Caleb RadfordManufacturing companies in Australia are finding niches in the medical technologies sector as their traditional markets of mining and automotive diminish.
Bird flu — the next pandemic?
16 June, 2017 by Adam FloranceSince 2013, nearly 800 people have contracted avian influenza, mostly from poultry markets, but the infection has ended there as it is unable to spread from person to person.
Immunotherapy hope for BRCA1 breast cancer patients
09 June, 2017 by Adam FloranceA collaborative study by local scientists has potentially developed a new way to treat one of the most difficult forms of breast cancer.
Texas Medical Center takes on Australian health innovators
07 June, 2017Three Australian start-up companies have just returned from a four-month stay at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) — the largest medical centre in the world.
Monash and Janssen Biotech collaborate on rheumatoid arthritis prevention
06 June, 2017Monash University has signed a multiyear research and commercialisation deal with Janssen Biotech for the early detection and prevention of rheumatoid arthritis.
Medical cannabis promising for hard-to-treat breast cancers
06 June, 2017Zelda Therapeutics has announced positive results from its ongoing preclinical research into the use of cannabinoids as anticancer agents.
Merck announces MS research scholarship
01 June, 2017Merck has announced further support for Australia's Multiple Sclerosis (MS) community with a new research scholarship to help fund neurology research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Researchers discover inflammatory 'dimmer switch'
26 May, 2017 by Adam FloranceMonash University researchers have uncovered how a group of proteins perform like a 'dimmer switch', causing inflammation ranging from acute to chronic. The findings could contribute to new treatments for inflammatory diseases including type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, heart attack and stroke.
Australia, Japan team up for advanced cancer treatment
25 May, 2017ANSTO, the Centre for Medical Radiation Physics at the University of Wollongong and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Japan, have partnered to deliver advanced cancer treatment, based on carbon ion therapy.
Preventing excessive platelet production in diabetics
23 May, 2017Researchers have uncovered a novel mechanism behind excessive platelet production present in people with diabetes, placing them at increased risk of cardiovascular complications such as heart attack and stroke.
Australian researchers make melanoma breakthrough
19 May, 2017Australian researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in the fight against advanced melanoma, giving hope to over 1800 Australians expected to die from the deadly disease this year.
Weeding out malaria
19 May, 2017 by Adam FloranceThe Menzies School of Health Research recommends a two-stage treatment for the notoriously difficult-to-cure Plasmodium vivax malaria, which has a similar approach to removing weeds from a garden bed.
Promoting next-gen cancer research
18 May, 2017Leaders from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), experts from Italy and clinicians from NSW recently met to explore how the full range of particle therapy treatments may be made available to Australians.
