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The mystery gene which helps mice survive virus infections

11 Aug 2022

UNSW research has uncovered a ‘jumping gene’ which is vital for quickly suppressing an immune response to infection after a virus clears the body.

COVID-19 experts available for comment

09 Jun 2020

UNSW has a wide range of experts available for comment on the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 experts available for comment

01 Jun 2020

UNSW has a wide range of experts available for comment on the coronavirus pandemic.

Mutating Ebola viruses are not so scary

03 Sep 2014

We have little to fear from mutating viruses. It is the rapidly evolving ones that we should be worried about, writes Rob Brooks.

New norovirus strain could cause severe gastro epidemic

15 Jan 2013

UNSW researchers have discovered a strain of norovirus they warn could cause a severe epidemic of acute gastroenteritis in Australia this winter.

Attention turns to brain as driver of Chronic Fatigue symptoms

14 Sep 2007

New research from UNSW has delivered a final blow to the theory that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is driven by the body's immune system and in particular by its production of cytokines.

Cancer risk in HIV, transplant patients

06 Jul 2007

HIV/AIDS and kidney transplant patients are at much greater risk of contracting 20 different types of cancer than the general population, according to UNSW research published in The Lancet.

Cancer risk with kidney transplants

04 Jan 2007

Kidney transplant recipients are more than three times as likely to develop a number of cancers, according to UNSW research.