Story type: Discovery

When unborn babies suffer a stroke, the potential damage can be life-long, so Hudson Institute of Medical Research is aiming to change that using the stem cells found in umbilical cord blood (UCB).…  Read more

Like most endometriosis sufferers, Maddy Forster went from knowing very little about the disease to being something of an expert, but it was a process that took years and included many wrong turns along the way.…  Read more

Babies affected by Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) have poor cardiorespiratory control; now Hudson Institute researchers have become the first to show persistent injury in the brainstem of growth restricted fetuses as the likely cause. …  Read more

Every mother wants to have the healthiest child she can, and new research shows that the nutritional status of the mother during pregnancy can affect outcomes for the baby – with male and female offspring affected differently.…  Read more

Correct development of testes in a male foetus – and fertility later in life – depend on a crucial hormone being at just the right level.…  Read more

A new treatment that controls the body’s response to influenza virus is shaping as the key to preventing dangerous lung inflammation and damage.…  Read more

H. pylori – short for Helicobacter pylori – colonises the stomach and is known to be linked to the development of stomach cancer. It is estimated that over half of the world’s population is infected with H. pylori, making it one of the most common bacterial infections.…  Read more

A strangely named pathway that’s crucial to bone growth has emerged as a key in the fight to treat the bone cancer osteosarcoma.…  Read more

When influenza (or flu) reaches the critical stage, there are no specific treatments available for patients. Now new research has identified a key to this sometimes fatal condition, and opened the door to possible cures.…  Read more

A recently discovered genetic mutation could be the cause of some severe and baffling cases of osteoporosis – including in young people.…  Read more