Diabetes
Study finds home screening test can help control type 1 diabetes
Researchers have shown that a blood test for early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes can stave off serious illness and hospitalization in children.
Nov 2, 2022
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Cardiology
New way to prevent heart complications in children with Kawasaki disease
Researchers have identified a new way to treat young children with Kawasaki disease (KD) to prevent life-threatening coronary artery damage and heart attacks.
Oct 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Surprise discovery redirects efforts for treatment of liver disease
WEHI researchers have revealed that common liver diseases are not driven by inflammatory cell death as previously thought, resolving a long-standing controversy in gastroenterology and pointing to a new direction for treatment.
Oct 6, 2022
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Immunology
Cells play 'molecular roulette' to determine how body fights disease
A new discovery about how cells make antibodies has revealed the surprisingly random way the body's immune system defends against infection and disease.
Oct 4, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers advance CRISPR technology to replicate human diseases with unprecedented accuracy
A powerful new genome editing technique is enabling researchers to replicate human diseases with unprecedented accuracy, promising to revolutionize the drug discovery process for a range of cancers.
Sep 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies kids with cancer at risk of developing lethal infections
New research published in Clinical & Translational Immunology has identified the child cancer patients at greatest risk of developing life-threatening infections, a crucial step towards the development of an early diagnostic ...
Jul 12, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Mapping the 'energy fingerprints' of lung cancer leads to fundamental treatment rethink
Melbourne researchers have discovered that cancer and immune cells rely on the same energy sources from our body to thrive, which could trigger a fundamental rethink of treatment options for some lung cancer patients.
Jun 30, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
'Goldilocks' treatment window could lead to cancer therapy without harmful side effects
Researchers have developed a way to potentially reduce the toxic side-effects of a type of immunotherapy, in findings that could overcome the pioneering treatment's biggest limitation.
Jun 21, 2022
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Medications
Technology assesses effectiveness and safety of drug targets
Researchers have boosted pioneering technology to show whether potential treatments are worth progressing into human trials, in a game-changing move that could dramatically reduce the high failure rates in drug discovery ...
May 24, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New discovery to improve malaria elimination strategies
WEHI researchers have made a crucial discovery about how asymptomatic malaria infections impact the body, informing potential strategies to control transmission and improve treatment outcomes.
May 4, 2022
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