Organ preservation device is not chopped liver
25 March, 2013In a world first, a donated human liver has been ‘kept alive’ outside a human being and then successfully transplanted into a patient in need of a new liver. The procedure has been performed on two patients on the liver transplant waiting list and both are making excellent recoveries.
New malaria drug could help combat resistance
21 March, 2013Dr Aaron Nilsen and colleagues have discovered a new drug called ELQ-300 that can target multiple stages of the malaria parasite’s life cycle, including the liver stage, and could dramatically boost the prevention, treatment and transmission of disease.
Lazarus Project to bring extinct frog back to life
20 March, 2013The genome of an extinct Australian frog has been revived and reactivated by a team of scientists using sophisticated cloning technology to implant a ‘dead’ cell nucleus into a fresh egg from another frog species. The effort has been dubbed ‘the Lazarus Project’.
Saliva test could detect early stages of HPV-linked oral cancer
14 March, 2013The University of Queensland has received a major funding boost to its development of a saliva test to diagnose the early stages of head and neck cancer linked to human papillomavirus (HPV).
Type 1 diabetes testing could become faster, cheaper
11 March, 2013Work by Perth researchers could revolutionise testing for type 1 diabetes around the world.
Insight into how first life forms were ‘born’
07 March, 2013An international team of physicists has revealed insights into how the very first life forms made the jump from the non-living to the living world by mathematically modelling biological states using energy waves called solitons.
Researchers find protein protecting against STIs
01 March, 2013Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR) scientists have found a protein in the female reproductive tract that protects against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia and herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Molecule may hold key to melanoma progression
01 March, 2013The search for new pathways to treat melanoma has unearthed a molecular target that may play an important activation role in tumour growth, according to University of Newcastle researchers.
New blood test set to detect ‘forgotten’ women’s cancer
27 February, 2013Garvan researchers, in collaboration with The Gynaecologic Cancer Centre at Royal Hospital for Women, are developing the first-ever early detection test for ovarian cancer based on epigenetic changes that are associated with ovarian cancer risk.
Birth order linked to increased risk of diabetes, metabolic disorders
21 February, 2013Long a source of sibling rivalry, birth order may raise the risk of first-born children developing diabetes or high blood pressure.
New hope for early diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s
18 February, 2013Flinders University researchers have discovered that a protein in the brain may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease, a common degenerative neurological disorder which affects the control of body movements.
New drug puts malaria under the pump
14 February, 2013Researchers have discovered how a new class of antimalarial drugs kills the malaria parasite, showing that the drugs block a pump at the parasite surface, causing it to fill with salt.
Under the CO2: sea urchin reproduction during ocean acidification
11 February, 2013 by Lauren DavisJust like with humans, there is variation among marine species at an individual level. And if there are individuals who cope with the effects of climate change better than others, they may hold the key to the survival of their species.
UC researching new forms of tumour detection
11 February, 2013Researchers at the University of Canterbury are working on new forms of tumour detection in the hope of reducing the annual cancer toll.
A ‘molecular fountain of youth’
04 February, 2013Sirtuin protein found to reverse age-related degeneration.
