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UNSW Medicine & Health

Two hands exchanging a small bag of ecstasy tablets

Disruption to Australian ecstasy market following COVID-19 restrictions, report finds

21 Sep 2022

The latest Drug Trends report from UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows significant changes in perceived availability of all forms of ecstasy.

DNA strands replicating

What lobsters can teach us about immortality

20 Sep 2022

Could the key to lobsters’ longevity slow down our biological clocks?

Pregnant person holding her stomach

NHMRC grant to help pregnant women quit smoking

19 Sep 2022

UNSW Sydney BUBs Quit study receives NHMRC Partnership Project funding. 

T cells pushing lytic granules towards immunological synapse

T cells use force to destroy cancer cells

16 Sep 2022

New research reveals the mechanical processes used by T cells to kill cancer cells more efficiently.

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Early career researchers at UNSW awarded $7.6m in funding

16 Sep 2022

The funding allows researchers to progress their projects and careers that will benefit Australians.

Artist's impression of blood stem cells

The blood stem cell research that could change medicine of the future

14 Sep 2022

Making stem cells from a patient’s adult cells – rather than human embryos – is one of the holy grails in modern medicine treatments. New research brings us two steps closer.

UNSW's Sir John Clancy Auditorium

ARC names 14 UNSW researchers as 2022 Future Fellows

14 Sep 2022

The Fellows have secured more than $13 million for projects in science, engineering, the humanities and medicine. 

Omicron-adapted COVID-19 boosters will likely be available in several countries before the end of the year

The first Omicron-adapted COVID-19 boosters are coming

13 Sep 2022

Several countries are preparing to distribute Omicron-adapted COVID-19 boosters. What does this mean for Australia?

Professor Peter Macdonald and Dr Yashutosh Joshi

Innovative 'Heart in a Box' technology gives hope to transplant patients

06 Sep 2022

A new heart transplant technique is reducing waiting lists for patients in Australia and potentially around the world.  

Winners of the 3MT competition with UNSW VC Attila Brungs and judges Dr Sonu Bhaskar and Zina Kaye

Sniffing out lung disease takes this year's 3 Minute Thesis top prize

05 Sep 2022

Scientia PhD candidate Merryn Baker wowed judges with her presentation on diagnosing lung disease through breath analysis

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