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New breakthroughs - Pathology Explained

Diagnosis of cirrhosis – new approaches to liver disease detection

Your humble liver could be described as the human body’s hard-working janitor - it furiously mops up compounds in our blood left over once
New breakthroughs - Pathology Explained

How Australians have been leading the fight against cervical cancer since 1978

Dr Colin Laverty was a remarkable man; a significant art collector, educator, writer and publisher. He was also a world-renowned gynaecologi
Real-life stories

Prince Harry knows the value of pathology: young royal takes HIV test to raise awareness

Prince Harry toured a sexual health clinic in London yesterday and took an HIV test in front of the cameras in an effort to raise awareness
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9 year old Bridgette meets the team who saved her life

A year ago this week, Stephen Veneris was settling in for a night of football on the TV when he received a devastating phone call about h
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Can double dipping really spread diseases?

Hands up who remembers the Seinfeld episode where Costanza committed the ultimate social faux pas and double-dipped his chip? We all know
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Cheating. Intimidation. Murder. This is not your average lab story.

Cheating. Intimidation. Murder. These aren’t words you associate with pathology laboratories. But the World Anti-Doping Agency’s invest
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Holy Water: A fertility drug made with the Pope’s blessing and nun’s urine

Photo credit and read the source article at: http://qz.com/710516/the-strange-story-of-a-fertility-drug-made-with-the-popes-blessing-and-ga
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A Rewarding Career in Medical Science – Prompted by Jeff Kennett

Chen Lim is the head of the ‘automated’ biochemistry laboratory at Melbourne’s Austin Hospital. Chen took an unusual path to the worl
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DNA on SBS TV: “The story of humankind that is inside all of us.”

An SBS television documentary has used DNA to trace the ancestry of three high profile Australians, showing how important genetics is in und
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Making the Invisible Visible – pathology protects women’s heart health

This month the Heart Foundation is putting a spotlight on women’s heart health as part of their campaign Making the Invisible Visible.