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A nurse holds a senior patient's hand.
08
Nov
2024

Review led by ANU Professor highlights potential to 鈥榰nleash鈥 Australia鈥檚 health workforce

Australia鈥檚 health professions face restrictions and barriers that are impacting the level of care they鈥檙e able to provide,鈥

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02
Sep
2024

Asbestos study highlights risk of ACT residents developing cancer

New data published in the latest edition of the ACT Asbestos Health Study, led by The Australian 精东传媒app University (ANU),鈥

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COVID-19 samples in the lab
14
Aug
2024

Long COVID cost Australian economy about $9.6 billion in 2022

Australian workers living with long COVID cost the economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in 2022, according to a new study from鈥

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Dr Vicki Athanasopoulos is in a science lab wearing a white lab coat. She is wearing a floral pattern shirt under her lab coat
12
Aug
2024

Eye-opening discovery offers fresh hope for disease that can cause blindness

An international team of scientists including researchers from The Australian 精东传媒app University (ANU) have identified a rare,鈥

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Professor Alex Maier holds a test tube containing live parasites. He is wearing a white science lab coat
12
Aug
2024

Trojan horse method gives malaria parasites a taste of their own medicine

More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but鈥

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ANU PhD student standing at the ANU campus.
08
Aug
2024

鈥楩uel to the fire鈥: repeated climate-sceptic claims enough to nudge even the strongest of climate change endorsers

The threat of misinformation runs rampant in our digital age, where a single repetition of a climate-sceptical claim seems more鈥

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ANU scientist in a lab environment.
31
Jul
2024

ANU researchers unlocking the full potential of RNA

Scientists at The Australian 精东传媒app University (ANU) are teaming up with the community to unlock the full potential of鈥

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Dr Chelisa Cardinez inspects a test tube containing an unknown blue substance. She is wearing a white lab coat.
27
Mar
2024

Gene discovery offers new hope for Aussies living with chronic skin disease

Scientists from The Australian 精东传媒app University (ANU) have discovered a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis 鈥 a鈥

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Two e-cigarettes (one red, one orange) discarded on the ground.
04
Mar
2024

鈥楨veryone does it鈥: mythbusting young Australians鈥 overestimation of vaping among peers

E-cigarette use is seen as widespread, common and normal among young Australians even though hard data indicate that the clear鈥

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A woman with long brown hair lights a cigarette.
19
Feb
2024

Research leaves smoking stereotypes up in smoke

A first-of-its-kind national study from The Australian 精东传媒app University (ANU) has debunked common myths about who smokes in鈥

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Professor Ian Cockburn and Dr Xin Gao examine a box of mosquitos that the scientists are studying as part of their research efforts to find longer-lasting treatments for malaria.
09
Feb
2024

ANU scientists debunk role of 鈥榡unk cells鈥 in fight against malaria

Researchers from The Australian 精东传媒app University (ANU) have discovered a previously unknown ability of a group of immune鈥

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Dr Abhimanu Pandey inspects a test tube containing an unknown substance. He is wearing a white lab coat with a red t-shirt underneath.
25
Jan
2024

鈥楥ancer-cooling鈥 protein puts bowel cancer on ice

A protein in the immune system鈥痗an be manipulated to help overcome bowel cancer, according to new research from The Australian鈥

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A CanTEST worker analysing an unknown white substance
15
Jan
2024

ANU chemists make Australian-first discovery of three new recreational drugs

Three new recreational drugs that have never been reported in Australia before have been identified by chemists at Australia鈥檚鈥

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A wood burner
21
Dec
2023

Wood heaters responsible for dozens of avoidable deaths in the ACT each year

Smoke from wood heaters causes between 11 and 63 deaths per year in the ACT, according to a new study from researchers at The鈥

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Associate Professor Azure Hermes. She is wearing a green top.
14
Dec
2023

DNA discovery opens door to tailored medicine for Indigenous Australians

The most comprehensive analysis of Indigenous Australians鈥 genomes collected to date has revealed an 鈥渁bundance鈥 of DNA鈥

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A 3D printed stencil of the DECTIN-1 protein's structure
07
Dec
2023

Fungus-fighting protein key to overcoming autoimmune disease and cancer

A protein in the immune system programmed to protect the body from fungal infections is also responsible for exacerbating the鈥

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29
Aug
2023

Australian woman found with python parasite in her brain

The world's first case of a new parasitic infection in humans has been discovered by researchers at The Australian鈥

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17
Aug
2023

Experts call for global plan to understand bushfire impact

As climate change-driven extreme weather events such as bushfires become more frequent and intense, a team of experts led by鈥

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28
Jul
2023

How we can better manage mental health impacts of bushfires

With an El Ni帽o summer promising hotter and drier conditions for much of Australia, we must rethink how we measure the impact鈥

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17
Jul
2023

Canberra CanTEST service changing drug behaviours

More than half of the drugs tested at CanTEST, Australia's first and only pill testing service, were not what the user expected,鈥

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