Medical breakthrough or ethical minefield: Should CRISPR be used on human embryos?
CRISPR is a gene editing technology with enormous potential to cure disease
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Olaparib to be tested on Australian breast cancer patients for the first time
The OlympiA Study will investigate whether olaparib, a drug treatment for ovarian cancer
Magnificent mutations: when genetic variations are good news
Genetics is an area that hits the headlines often, with many health conditions caused or influenced
CRISPR tech leads to new screening tool for Parkinson’s disease
Pictured: UCF scientists. Credit: UCF, College of Medicine
We’ve spoken a lot about the potenti
Could genetics be the key to treating anorexia?
Eating disorders are thought to affect nearly 1m Australians1, with anorexia nervosa, bulimia and bi
Novel device could reduce false positives and over treatment
New research from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) has shown that a device called t
Drones being used to transport lab samples in world-first
The use of drones to transport medical samples is not a new phenomenon. In 2015 CSIRO focused their
Australian researchers discover link between blood type and infection risk
*Photo by Todd Hardingham
Australian infectious disease researchers at the Illawarra Health and
