Preventable liver disease costs more than diabetes
Sydney team hopes to reduce the burden with research-led intervention 27 March 2013 Liver diseases have an impact on the […]
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Sustainable fuels throw up health concerns
Compounds that affect respiratory health have been found in biodiesel exhausts. This might lead to restrictions on the use of this form of biofuel as an alternative to fossil fuel, according to researchers from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). “With fossil fuel reserves dwindling, developing renewable alternative fuels is important,” postdoctoral fellow Dr Nicholas […]
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Silk microchip for rapid medical testing
Silk could provide a sophisticated new way of monitoring health, Peter Domachuk, a physicist from the University of Sydney, has found.
He and his colleagues have created microchips using silk fibres. In the lab they’ve demonstrated that these microchips can measure oxygen using haemoglobin embedded in the silk.
Their aim is to embed a wide range of […]