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It’s always been accepted that the time of birth is a period of high risk, but new research shows that the developmental period in utero can be problematic for some babies, particularly those with low birth weight.…  Read more

Hudson Institute’s groundbreaking research into new anti-inflammatory treatments has attracted the support of the Victorian government, in recognition of its potential to treat COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.…  Read more

A tragic side-effect of chemotherapy might soon be a thing of the past, with researchers uncovering a vital pathway to restoring men’s fertility after cancer.…  Read more

Not even Covid-19 could stop a pioneer in the fight against rare ovarian cancers finishing his epic fundraising ride. In early May Dr Simon Chu took a break from the lab and put rubber on the road in the Ride4Research, aiming to cover 900km in 9 days from Canberra to Melbourne.…  Read more

Fertility concerns have eased among the children of IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), with new research showing little or no difference in male fertility levels among men born from ICSI.…  Read more

The enormous potential of RNA-based treatments for autoimmune diseases has been recognised by the Victorian government, with a new grant from the mRNA Victoria Research Acceleration Fund.…  Read more

For clinicians, detecting cancer is a victory in itself, but stopping its spread is crucial to a successful outcome. For Professor Ron Firestein, 2021 brought welcome results in that endeavour, thanks to the discovery that disabling two proteins together robs bowel cancer cells of their ability to express genes necessary for growth and spread.…  Read more

Better understanding of the immune system, from how it protects itself from invaders to the ways it can sabotage itself, has brought enormous benefits to humanity. And, a world-first sighting of ‘sneaky’ sperm particles outside their usual ‘home’…  Read more

A treatment offering hope to parents of very premature babies is showing great promise, in the first worldwide stocktake of research into umbilical cord blood stem cells.…  Read more

A promising avenue of research into chronic lung disease treatment has hit a speed bump, with new research showing that 3D manufacturing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may not be the panacea that was hoped.…  Read more