A Japanese startup is working on a drug to re-grow teeth.

Local researchers say their new technology could revolutionise mRNA quality checks.

The Federal Government has announced an inquiry into the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A potentially revolutionary Australian invention promises easier diagnosis and treatment for bowel syndromes - the Atmo Gas Capsule.

Another diabetes drug may beat Ozempic for blood sugar control and weight loss.

Specialists are helping patients overcome severe needle-phobia.

Researchers have developed a kind of cellular ‘armour’ to improve cancer therapies.

The NAIF is reevaluating $3.8 billion in loans for possible taxpayer risk.

Queensland Health has decided to revoke its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, drawing criticism from the state’s nursing union.

An Australian-first biobank will be established to improve and discover new treatments for children with ...

Local researchers are ‘bioprinting’ living brain cell networks in the lab.

The Federal Government is set to scrap the outdated Disability Services Act and impose new standards ...

Pharmacists are being given new powers in an effort to assist Tasmanian aged care.

New South Wales is establishing a $3.6 billion fund to boost public sector wages.

An existing form of therapy could help aged care workers.

A NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard of the health consequences of lead, gold, silver, and zinc mining operations.

Australia, famed for its fertile lands and premium produce, finds itself in a dire dietary predicament.

The chair of a Royal Commission has urged action on Defence and veteran suicide.

Australian researchers have invented a nano-thin superbug-slaying material.

Researchers have grown ‘humanised’ kidneys inside pigs using human embryonic stem cells.

Female surgeons have been associated with better postoperative outcomes.

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

Even though many of us have been forced indoors, the COVID-19 crisis is eroding our privacy.

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