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A Centenary researcher is off to New Delhi to study the impact on cerebral malaria of the major ingredient of turmeric, curcumin.
Dr Saparna Pai has been awarded an Australian Academy of Science Early-Career Australia-India Fellowship to investigate curcumin’s action on immune cells during malaria infection. The Fellowships were announced by the Academy during the visit to India of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
Welcoming a funding boost announced by Health Minister Plibersek today, Professor Warwick Britton, head of Centenary Institute’s tuberculosis research program, said, “We need to be helping countries like Papua New Guinea come to grips with the problems of TB control. Read More about Control of drug-resistant TB in the Pacific region: a long-term imperative
A friendly sugar to fight diabetes; wires just four atoms wide; and debunking the “famous and dead at 27” curse are just some of the interesting stories that emerged from Australian research published in the last week. Find other stories below.
Our livers can fight back against the immune system – reducing organ rejection but also making us more susceptible to liver disease. Read More about How our liver kills “killer cells”
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about electronic tattoos, bacterial wires, symbiotic threesomes, sensing date-rape drugs, and more… Read More about Electronic tattoos, bacterial wires, and sensing date-rape drugs
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about perfumed nightclubs; smallpox; pain relief; the Maori feather trade; and more Read More about Perfumed nightclubs, smallpox and the Maori feather trade
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about wayward whales; possums in packs; battling sea monsters; space junk; and more Read More about Wayward whales, battling sea monsters, possums in packs, and space junk
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about dinosaurs of the dark; Arctic erosion; drugs in space; toads with clean minds; and more Read More about Clean-minded toads, nocturnal dinosaurs, and drugs in space
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about elephant cooperation; diabetes and pregnancy; sleepless betting; detecting Down syndrome; and more Read More about Sleepless betting, diabetes in pregnancy, and elephant cooperation
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about creating superflu; mending broken hearts; fire ant invasions; mean tortoises; and more Read More about Creating superflu, mending broken hearts, fire ant invasions, and mean tortoises
