Thousands turn out to support medical research
12 April, 2011 by Tim DeanResearchers and members of the public have attended rallies held in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra in support of health and medical research.
Opinion: The tragedy of health and medical budget cuts
11 April, 2011 by Tim DeanThe federal government’s rumoured $400 million cuts to the NHMRC budget will not only set back health and medical research, it’ll cost lives.
Budget cut rumours alarm health researchers
06 April, 2011 by Tim DeanHealth researchers are alarmed by rumours the federal government will slash NHRMC funding in the coming budget.
Feature: Drug synergies can kill cancer
06 April, 2011 by Fiona WylieAttacking cancer with multiple drugs with synergistic effects might overcome the ability of cancer to resist drugs that only hit a single target.
Feature: Outflanking prostate cancer
05 April, 2011 by Fiona WylieDr Lisa Butler is figuring out how to use a patient’s very own tumour cells to get the drug cocktail just right to combating prostate cancer.
New insight into inflammation and autoimmune diseases
31 March, 2011 by Tim DeanAustralian researchers have helped uncover the role of a key protein, sharpin, in causing inflammation and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
How cancer erodes cellular ‘glue’ to spread through the body
15 March, 2011 by Tim DeanResearchers from the University of Queensland have shed light on how a key protein can disrupt the bonds between cells, allowing cancers to spread.
The Goldilocks mechanism of immune regulation
07 March, 2011 by Tim DeanAustralian researchers have discovered a subset of regulatory T cells that keep the immune system in a fine balance.
Why astrobiology gives hope for cancer therapy
09 February, 2011 by Tim DeanAstrobiologist Charles Lineweaver on the implications on cancer research of his recent paper suggesting cancer cells are like early multicellular life.
Cancer resembles life 1 billion years ago, say astrobiologists
08 February, 2011 by Tim DeanCancer is an evolutionary throwback, resembling early multicellular life, and flourishes when the more evolutionarily recent genes that regulate cellular cooperation fail.
Life scientists pick up Australia Day honours
27 January, 2011 by Staff WritersIt's a big day for many Australians, but Australia Day also proved a big day for many life scientists who were recipients of various honours, issued in a ceremony in Canberra yesterday.
Researchers view malaria in action for the first time
20 January, 2011 by Tim DeanUsing the latest super resolution microscopy, researchers have caught the malaria parasite invading red blood cells for the first time.
Why some cancer treatments help some but not others
17 January, 2011 by Tim DeanIt's long been a mystery why some colorectal cancer patients respond well to chemotherapy or radiotherapy while others barely respond at all.
First adult stem cells from Friedreich's Ataxia patients give hope for new treatment
14 January, 2011 by Tim DeanResearchers at the Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR) and the University of Melbourne have for the first time created adult induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with the rare genetic disorder, Friedreich's Ataxia.
Feature: Immune paradox
05 January, 2011 by Fiona WylieWhy is it that some HIV patients treated with antiretrovirals end up suffering from a new immunopathology? Martyn French is trying to solve this puzzling conundrum.
