Story type: Discovery
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What’s the link between diet and the gut microbiome?
If you have ever wondered what happens to the bacteria living in the food you eat then here is an opportunity to find out!… Read more
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Putting theory into practice to reduce stillbirth
Translating analysis into action with immediate impact, Dr Miranda Davies-Tuck turned her study of perinatal mortality into new clinical practices that dramatically reduce rates of stillbirth.… Read more
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Where the microbiome meets the immune system
When it works as intended, the human gut is rarely given a thought – but that is rare luxury for the 130,000 Australians with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), like Marisa… Read more
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The benefits of creatine: a safer birth for mum and baby
The benefits of creatine are well known for helping with muscle performance, and now attention has turned to whether it can help mothers and babies have a safer birth.… Read more
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How magnesium sulphate benefits preterm babies
Being born too soon exposes babies to many dangerous health conditions, and researchers are tackling one of them by finding out how magnesium sulphate can protect the health of the preterm brain.… Read more
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New treatment promises to increase lung cancer survival
Researchers at Hudson Institute of Medical Research have shown a new drug that is incredibly effective in treating small cell lung cancer – doubling the usual survival time.… Read more
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Surviving childhood cancer – Luca’s story
It’s hard to imagine four words more frightening to a parent than “Your child has cancer”. Amid the fear and panic such a sentence creates, three-year-old Luca’s parents, Monique and Baden, had little choice but to trust in the best that medical science could offer.… Read more
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How the microbiome affects the immune system
Shining a light on how the lung microbiome in the first days of life can affect the immune system for years to come, Hudson Institute researchers have taken an important first step in an increasingly relevant field of medical study.… Read more
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Non-genetic disease inheritance – reading between the genes
The nature versus nurture debate has a new talking point, with research into the role of the epigenome in non-genetic disease inheritance.… Read more
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Social solution – rare ovarian cancer insights
Ovarian cancer specialists have taken a novel path to advance their research – tapping into an international Facebook group to learn from members’ experiences.… Read more