Health

UNSW researcher awarded NSW Health cardiovascular grant

25 Oct 2023

The grant will be used to develop an AI tool that helps identify better treatments for failing hearts.

UNSW academics awarded more than $3m for Indigenous health research

24 Oct 2023

Two UNSW projects have received funding from the Medical Research Future Fund to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Novel drugs are leading to rising overdose deaths in Victoria – drug checking services could help

24 Oct 2023

Drug checking services could also provide an early warning system to flag any unusually dangerous substances in circulation.

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'We could see it happening before our eyes': research shows how cancer cells resist chemotherapy

24 Oct 2023

A study in human cell lines reveals cancer cells can activate a force-generating mechanism to survive a cancer therapy.

Why low-cost ketamine is still inaccessible to many with severe depression

23 Oct 2023

A case study on ketamine reveals systemic barriers that prevent repurposing existing low-cost drugs like ketamine for treatment-resistant depression.

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Decision-making mechanisms go awry in OCD brains: study

18 Oct 2023

The research sheds light on the biological basis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

'They treat you like an it': people with intellectual disability on seeing medical professionals

17 Oct 2023

People with intellectual disability told us they often felt cut out of their own health appointments, as healthcare practitioners spoke to their support person or family instead of to them.

Scientia Professor Rebecca Ivers, Professor Stuart Tangye and Professor Gail Matthews

UNSW researchers named Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellows

13 Oct 2023

Three academics from UNSW Sydney have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to injury research, treatments for HIV, viral hepatitis and COVID-19, and leadership in immunology.

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Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health opens at UNSW

13 Oct 2023

A consortium led by UNSW Sydney is operating the centre to improve health outcomes for people with intellectual disability.

UNSW researcher receives inaugural Breakthrough Fellowship for leukaemia research

11 Oct 2023

The $1 million grant will support research to move beyond standard chemotherapy toward more effective and targeted treatments for leukaemia.

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