Medical research

Australian scientists have found a gene in the human body that mutates in some people and accelerates kidney disease. Kidney disease impacts 1.7 million Australians

Tiny human muscle cells will be blasted into space in an experiment which could help people live longer, healthier lives. The experiment, called MicroAge, is

UK research has found Omicron might be less efficient at attacking the lungs than earlier COVID-19 variants. The Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology

Victorian scientists are hoping to fine-tune Australia's first mRNA vaccine by the first quarter of 2022. Researchers at Monash University developed the

More than 445,000 Australians are currently living with the effects of a stroke while an estimated one in four people will suffer one during their lifetime.

Current obesity levels will explain 10,000 cases of thyroid cancer in the next 10 years and most of those will be men, a new Australian study shows. Being overweight

Nearly 70 per cent of young gender diverse Aussies feel they have been unfairly treated in this past year, highlighting an urgent need for support, Mission Australia's

Australian scientists are attempting to make a pill containing many of the benefits of exercise. But it won't be medicine for lazy couch potatoes.[subscribe]

"Asking individual health care workers to stop the epidemic of violence is just like asking the lifesavers at the beach to stop the rising sea levels."

The overwhelming majority of Australian adolescents are spending excessive amounts of time glued to their screens, a habit that could put them on a trajectory for developing

World first: Researchers from Monash University have harnessed cutting-edge technology to discover the progression of molecular events that lead to migraine – something

Baby mice might be small, but they’re tough, too. For their first seven days of life, they have the special ability to regenerate damaged heart tissue.[subscribe]

International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements and raises awareness of the continuing mission towards gender equality. So

These new, adaptive stem cells can lie dormant until needed, a new animal study using human cells shows. A new type of stem cell – that is, a cell with