Immunology
How viruses can overwhelm the liver's defences
(Medical Xpress)—The liver is the only organ in the body that can modify our immune response. This, paradoxically, leaves it open to violent immune attack.
Jun 17, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Worms reveal link between dementia gene and ageing
The discovery of a link between a specific gene and ageing in a species of worm could reveal valuable lessons for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Jul 23, 2013
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Medications
Mixing drugs and alcohol for better asthma inhalers
(Medical Xpress)—Asthma inhalers could soon become much more effective, thanks to a clever new way of making the particles they deliver invented by a Melbourne chemical engineer and his team.
Jul 22, 2013
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Dentistry
Mystery of children's 'chalky teeth' explained
One in five children have chalky tooth enamel—visible as discolored enamel spots—which often causes severe toothache and decay, and sometimes leads to abscesses, extractions and orthodontic problems.
Dec 21, 2021
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Neuroscience
Family matters in autism outcomes
Cognition is influenced by siblings, researchers find. Autistic children with autistic siblings have better cognition than those who are the only family member with the condition, researchers have found. Importantly, the ...
Dec 10, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New rotavirus vaccine enters manufacturing
Bio Farma, Indonesia's national vaccine company, is completing a phase 1 trial of a new rotavirus vaccine invented in Melbourne and has started pilot manufacture of the vaccine. Licencing trials are next, followed hopefully ...
Dec 14, 2018
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Medications
Kid-friendly chocolate formula helps the medicine go down
Researchers from The University of Western Australia have developed a winning medicine formula that makes bad-tasting medicine taste nice, making it easier to treat sick children.
Sep 11, 2018
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Neuroscience
Could nose cells treat spinal cord injuries?
Researchers have designed a new way to grow nose cells in the lab heralding hope for sufferers of spinal cord injuries, including those who are wheelchair bound.
Aug 13, 2018
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Health
Can sunshine prevent pneumonia?
In 2008, a study funded by the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and the Gates Foundation estimated that Indonesia was among the top six countries in the world for the number of new cases of pneumonia in children under five, ...
Feb 26, 2016
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Medical research
Re-training the brain with painless exercises may be the key to stopping recurring tendon pain
AFL, basketball and netball players are the major sufferers, with tendon pain in the knee debilitating and long-lasting. The injury can sideline a player or cause them to give up the sport entirely.
Jan 29, 2016
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