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Reusable contact lenses increase risk of rare preventable eye infection: study

27 Sep 2022

Simple changes to contact lens use could prevent many cases of sight-threatening eye infection.

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Should I give my teen alcohol? Just a sip, the whole can, or none at all?

26 Sep 2022

Should teens drink alcohol? Ideally, no. But in the real world, here are some tips on how to minimise harm.

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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?

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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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.

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.  

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Cutting COVID isolation and mask mandates will mean more damage to business and health in the long run

05 Sep 2022

With the goal of ‘business as usual’, politicians will continue to reduce COVID protections without immediate consequence while transmission is low. But then the next wave will come.

Man in hoodie approaching a women walking in tunnel

UNSW research examining violence awarded $2.5 million in funding

02 Sep 2022

Professor Tony Butler will lead a Centre for Research Excellence scheme which will investigate the profiling, prediction and prevention of violence. 

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