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A class of drugs developed to treat HIV could be useful in treating age-related macular degeneration, a disease that leads to progressive loss of vision.

Bianca Ferreira can’t wait to get moving on her physiotherapy career. The 23-year-old, who will graduate from the University

In men, being overweight was blamed for 136,000 new cases, and in women, 345,000 cancer diagnoses, most of them of the colon, kidney and breast.

The transparent zebrafish develops the tuberculosis bug in the same way humans do and may help researchers develop new ways to treat the disease.

New data shows Victorian men over 45 suffer melanoma at twice the rate of women in the same age group. Slip, slop, slap - and go to the doctor

Fewer Australian teenagers are willing to bake themselves in the hot sun for the sake of a tan compared to 10 years ago, a Cancer Council survey has found.

A protein named after the Hershey Kiss chocolate which stimulates a surge in testosterone is what causes male brains to develop differently from females.

Scientists have found a drug that stops the progression of prostate cancer in mice, offering the promise of a targeted treatment in human patients.

Researchers have discovered how cancer cells accumulate extra copies of cancer-causing genes, stitching together DNA to form giant chromosomes.

A chemical similar to those used in soap powder and detergent is offering hope in the battle against cancer. Australian researchers have shown