Immunology
Cracking the code for hookworm infestation
Hookworms infect nearly around 700 million people in the world, mostly in countries where sanitation is poor, and people often walk barefoot.
Feb 12, 2020
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Medications
Study quashes controversial vitamin C treatment for sepsis with global trial
In 2017 a paper was published asserting that intravenous vitamin C given to patients with sepsis was literally a life saver. Despite the study only looking at 47 subjects, the results garnered international coverage and the ...
Jan 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bacterial link in celiac disease
Bacterial exposure has been identified as a potential environmental risk factor in developing coeliac disease, a hereditary autoimmune-like condition that affects about one in 70 Australians.
Jan 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Breakthrough science provides hope for lupus patients
Today the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) publishes research led by Monash University Professor Eric Morand that offers the first real hope for the treatment of lupus, a disease which affects 1.5 million ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Caesarean twin births triple over the last 30 years
The proportion of twins born by caesarean delivery in Victoria increased threefold, from 24% to 71% of all twin births, during 1983–2015, despite high-level evidence that routine caesarean delivery of twins does not benefit ...
Dec 2, 2019
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Neuroscience
Cells study helping to crack the code to Alzheimer's disease
A study led by researchers at Monash University has opened up new hope for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer's disease.
Nov 25, 2019
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Health
Scientists warn of new health threat caused by global warming
Monash University researchers are warning that global warming is likely to increase illnesses caused by undernutrition, due to the effects of heat exposure.
Oct 29, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers enlist the cloud to wipe out malaria
The Monash scientists who developed the small game-changing device that can rapidly screen blood in minutes to detect disease-causing pathogens have now confirmed the successful operation of a cloud-based system based on ...
Oct 16, 2019
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Medical research
Saving lives faster: Team develops world-first laser incubator for blood
Researchers from BioPRIA, based at Australia's Monash University, together with industry partner Haemokinesis, have developed the world's first blood incubator using laser technology. This could prevent fatal blood transfusions ...
Sep 20, 2019
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Diabetes
Rates of type 2 diabetes seem to be dropping, but does that really mean we're healthier?
Prevention strategies could be contributing to a recent fall in the number of people developing type 2 diabetes in some high income countries, suggests a review of the evidence published by the BMJ today.
Sep 12, 2019
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