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Warning: this video may cause side effects

10 Mar 2022

Is it possible that up to half the side effects reported in medical trials are all in people's heads? Is someone's expectation of a negative side effect strong enough to make it actually happen? And if so, how do medical researchers break this dangerous cycle?

Scientists show how to attack the 'fortress' surrounding pancreatic cancer tumours

13 May 2021

Tackling the scar tissue that shields pancreatic tumours from effective drug access is a promising advance in a notoriously hard-to-treat cancer.

$12 million boost for HIV research at UNSW

01 Dec 2016

On World AIDS Day, UNSW’s Kirby Institute has been awarded a $12 million grant to conduct a clinical trial to improve treatment options for people with HIV who have failed first-line antiretroviral therapy.

Study finds HPV vaccine protects children with vulnerable immune systems

20 Jul 2016

UNSW research shows the HPV vaccine Gardasil may also benefit children with weakened immune systems who are at higher risk of HPV-related cancers.