This Saturday 24 March is World TB Day
TB used to be Australia’s top killer and in much of the world it still is. Australian experts available to talk about a scourge killing three people every minute.
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Young researcher taking fight against global killer to the next level in Vietnam
An Australian scientist will bring effective screening for tuberculosis (TB) a step closer with his latest study in Vietnam- where he now lives and works. Images About TB About Dr Greg Fox
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Million dollar lab will fast track new weapons in the war on TB
A $1.2 million high-containment laboratory opening today in Sydney will allow researchers to double their efforts to understand and fight back against TB, a bacterium that lives inside two billion people worldwide and kills three people every minute. Images available here of the high-biosecurity lab before we lock up and start work with TB.
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Searching rural China for clues to stop an ancient and still deadly disease
A Sydney researcher is seeking to improve treatment of TB by tracking resistance to it among thousands of rural Chinese people with the help of a $750,000 NHMRC grant
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Why do some heavy drinkers get liver cirrhosis and some don’t?
The US government is investing $2.5 million in a Sydney-based study to determine the role of genetics in alcoholic liver disease. The study, announced today, should lead to better diagnosis and treatment of the condition – a silent epidemic that costs $3.8 billion a year in Australia alone. About the liver About the researcher About…
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L’Oréal For Women In Science Fellowships Nominations opening on 1 April 2012
Applications for the L’Oréal For Women In Science Fellowships will open on 1 April 2012. You can view the 2011 selection criteria here http://www.scienceinpublic.com/loreal/applications. You can view some frequently asked questions here http:/…
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Science in Charlie Teo's Australia Day address
In his Australia Day address, noted brain surgeon Charlie Teo said he was ashamed to admit to an American friend, who had received a US$50 million grant in the US to study brain cancer, that he works with just AU$150,000 over three years from the Australian government. Teo says we need another AIS – one…
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Science in Charlie Teo’s Australia Day address
In his Australia Day address, noted brain surgeon Charlie Teo said he was ashamed to admit to an American friend, who had received a US$50 million grant in the US to study brain cancer, that he works with just AU$150,000 over three years from the Australian government. Teo says we need another AIS – one…
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Mini-strokes provide health warning
Patients who suffer stroke-like attacks can have mortality rates 20 per cent higher than the general population, new research finds, leading to calls for better stroke prevention strategies for those who experience a transient ischemic attack (TIA). In one of the largest studies of its kind ever conducted, more than 20,000 adults hospitalised in New…
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Keeping our best young bioscience brains in Australia
Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize to be announced today The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize will be announced at 1.45 pm today, Wednesday 19 October 2011, at a lunch at UBS in Sydney. The winner will receive $25,000.