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 | 1. New Stem Cell Discovery a Preliminary Step for Regenerative Medicine
Listed On: Saturday, August 21, 2010
A discovery by researchers at UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will enable better methods to grow stem cells for use in cancer research and regenerative medicine....
University of Queensland
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 | 2. Garlic May Play Vital Role in Treating Hypertension
Listed On: Friday, August 20, 2010
A University of Adelaide study shows that aged garlic extract may help lower blood pressure in the 3.7 million Australians who suffer hypertension....
University of Adelaide
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 | 3. Risky Drinking
Listed On: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
One in five Australians – some 3.5 million people – will experience problems of alcohol abuse and dependence during their lifetime, but few seek treatment, a new study from UNSW's National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre has found....
University of New South Wales
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 | 4. Australian Study Finds Sunbeds Greatly Increase the Risk of Melanoma
Listed On: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A landmark Australian study has found that use of sunbeds by young people aged 18 to 39 years increased their risk of developing melanoma by an average 41 percent. The Australian Melanoma Family Study is the first to examine the use of sunbeds and melanoma in younger adults....
University of Sydney
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 | 5. Solariums Double Skin Cancer Risk in Young People (Scientists have Confirmed what has Long Been Feared - Young People who Use Solariums have Almost Double the Risk of Being Diagnosed with Skin Cancer before the Age of 40.)
Listed On: Thursday, August 05, 2010
The study, published in the latest edition of the International Journal of Cancer, was performed by a team of Australian researchers led by Dr Anne Cust of the School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne....
University of Melbourne
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 | 6. New Hope for Cerebral Palsy Prevention
Listed On: Wednesday, August 04, 2010
University of Adelaide researchers are a step closer to finding a link between genetic susceptibility to cerebral palsy and a range of environmental risk factors during pregnancy, including infections and pre-term delivery....
University of Adelaide
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 | 7. Missing Puma Reveals Cancer Conundrum
Listed On: Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Walter and Eliza Institute researchers have made a discovery that has upended scientists' understanding of programmed cell death and its role in tumour formation. Programmed cell death, also called apoptosis, is an important process in human biology as it removes unwanted and damaged cells from our bodies....
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
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 | 8. Scientists Tap into Antarctic Octopus Venom
Listed On: Friday, July 30, 2010
Researchers have collected venom from octopuses in Antarctica for the first time, significantly advancing our understanding of the properties of venom as a potential resource for drug-development....
University of Melbourne
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 | 9. World-first Vaccine Candidate for Newborns to Help Combat Deadly Rotavirus
Listed On: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Australian researchers have begun clinical trials of a new vaccine to protect newborn infants against rotavirus, a life-threatening diarrhoeal disease that kills half a million children worldwide each year....
University of Melbourne
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 | 10. Toxic Trio Identified as the Basis of Coeliac Disease
Listed On: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified the three protein fragments that make gluten - the main protein in wheat, rye and barley – toxic to people with coeliac disease....
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
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