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Media Release: Radiation drugs with longer shelf life bring hope for cancer patients globallyPeople with cancers in the kidney, gut and prostate will have improved hope for early diagnosis and treatment with new research aimed at increasing the shelf life of revolutionary radiation drugs.
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Making milk powder less energy intensiveRead Professor Sally Gras' Pursuit piece on how the process of forward osmosis is helping to make the process of making milk powder more energy efficient.
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Congratulations to Professor Karen Day AMBio21’s Professor Karen Day has been honoured with a Member (AM) in the general division in the Australia Day Awards for significant service to science education, and to global public health.
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Dengue-blocking bacteria endure the heatWe want to know how long Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes will remain effective, and if their beneficial effects on virus blocking will be compromised by rising temperatures from climate change.
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How cells beat the ‘fried-egg syndrome’Prof Danny Hatters’ research published online in PNAS 22 January 2020 shows that cells seem to be much more resilient against stress factors in their environment than first thought and have robust mechanisms to prevent abnormal protein aggregation.
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Bio21 researchers funded for discovery in 2020Congratulations to Guy Jameson, Paul Donnelly, Mark Rizzacasa, Uta Wille and Eric Reynolds. I am also one of the fortunate recipients of the ARC Discovery Project grants and to David Ascher on being offered an Early Career Researcher grant.
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Malaria parasites stop eating to avoid artemisinin antimalarialsDr Simon Cobbold, Dr Tuo Yang and Prof Leann Tilley, celebrating their discovery of the mechanism of artemisinin resistance, published in Cell Reports today.
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Media Release: Trials promise good news for countries with dengue and Zika virusAn international team of scientists have reported an effective and environmentally sustainable way to block the transmission of mosquito-borne dengue virus, in trials carried out in Malaysia.
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When the Wall came downProfessor Uta Wille and Professor Ute Roessner tell of where they were and what they were doing when the Berlin Wall came down 30 years ago.
