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Gene regulation manipulated to switch off sickle cell disease
Aug 18, 2014
Scientists have altered key biological events in red blood cells, causing the cells to produce a form of hemoglobin normally absent after the newborn period. Read More
Men most likely to undergo challenging study procedure identified by Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial
Aug 18, 2014
Healthy men participating in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial who actively participate in all steps of the clinical trial are most likely to undergo a biopsy, according to a study published in... Read More
Potential to stop cancer metastasis following immune cell discovery
Aug 18, 2014
Melbourne researchers have revealed the critical importance of highly specialised immune cells, called natural killer cells, in killing melanoma cells that have spread to the lungs. Read More
Benefits of vitamin A cancer therapy blocked by a protein
Aug 18, 2014
Retinoic acid is a form of vitamin A that is used to treat and help prevent the recurrence of a variety of cancers, but for some patients the drug is not effective. Read More
Research sheds light on how aspirin works to reduce cancer deaths
Aug 18, 2014
Researchers have discovered that women who had been prescribed aspirin regularly before being diagnosed with breast cancer are less likely to have cancer that spread to the lymph-nodes than women who... Read More
Researchers uncover earliest clues yet to development of cells that produce all adult blood cells
Aug 18, 2014
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) give rise to all other blood cell types, but their development and how their fate is determined has long remained a mystery. Read More
HPV vaccine could 'close the gap' on Indigenous health
Aug 17, 2014
In the most comprehensive assessment of its type, UNSW Australia-led research has found that in just four years, the HPV vaccine has resulted in a dramatic drop in genital warts in young Australians... Read More
Daily antiseptic baths for patients in intensive care units may become less effective
Aug 16, 2014
Bacteria that cause life-threatening bloodstream infections in critically ill patients may be growing increasingly resistant to a common hospital antiseptic, according to a recent study led by... Read More
Urinating in sitting position beneficial for men with enlarged prostate
Aug 15, 2014
Men with benign prostate hypertrophy, a condition in which the prostate is enlarged are shown to urinate better in sitting position compared to standing. Read More
Major breakthrough in the understanding of leukemia
Aug 15, 2014
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered mutations in genes that lead to childhood leukaemia of the acute lymphoblastic type - the most common childhood cancer in the... Read More
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