UNSW Medicine

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UNSW medical scientists have discovered that DNA repair is compromised at important regions of our genome, shedding new light on how cancers develop in the human body.

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We have developed a stem cell technique capable of regenerating any human tissue damaged by injury, disease or ageing, write John Pimanda, Ralph Mobbs and Vashe Chandrakanthan.

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Mental health treatment for the 135,000 people in New South Wales living with an intellectual disability is set to improve, thanks to a world-first manual to guide mental health professionals.

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Australia needs to develop new and better mechanisms to translate stem cell research into effective therapies, write Martin Pera, Megan Munsie and Richard P Harvey.

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NSW’s first full undergraduate medical degree in a regional centre will be offered in Port Macquarie next year, the University announced today.

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Balancing motherhood and academia is set to become a little easier for women in UNSW Medicine, thanks to a new scholarship named in honour of NSW Woman of the Year Professor Minoti Apte.

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'Tough on drugs' approaches to getting troubled young people off methamphetamine and ice don’t work writes Sally Nathan, Andrew Hayen Patrick Rawstorne and Ranmalie Jayasinha.

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The number of at-risk adolescents in drug and alcohol treatment programs who reported taking methamphetamines doubled in the five years to 2014, new research shows. 

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Some of the greatest harms from using illicit drugs stem from their illegality, write Nicole Lee and Alison Ritter.

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Scientific uncertainty around the 2014 Ebola outbreak forced Australian healthcare workers to decide for themselves the risks they were prepared to take to treat patients, UNSW research shows.

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