Rolled out by researchers in Vietnam,there are now calls for it to be trialled in Australia.
Biomedical engineer Daniel Timms lost his father to heart disease,but their kitchen-top tests helped him hone a radical idea.
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Gone are the days when the identity of donors was a tightly guarded secret – and this biological dad couldn’t be happier.
The government agency responsible for stepping in when there are medicine shortages in Victoria will announce redundancies on Thursday.
The new plan clears the way for public investment in high-value therapies,naming cancer and heart disease as key areas that deserve government funds.
Australian researchers are responsible for a series of globally significant medical inventions and innovations.
Dr John Wiseman graduated from medicine in 1952,near the height of Australia’s polio epidemic. He reflects on how the world,and his work,has changed over seven decades.
The future of a government funding program which has assisted teams developing artificial hearts and turning spider venom into drug therapies is in doubt.
Over-the-counter eye drops have become part of many people’s daily routines. But experts are concerned excessive use may be masking underlying problems.
When Troy complained on Facebook about something weird in his shoulder,one of his friends who took notice was pandemic-famous epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.