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Health topics: Medical technology
Bioinformatics – making sense of the information flood
Rebuilding humans using bionics
Dirty, rotten swine flu – and how to beat it
Cancer immunotherapy – redefining vaccines
Stem cells – gateway to 21st century medicine
The picture becomes clear for magnetic resonance imaging
The mammal copiers – advances in cloning
Getting our heads around the brain
Cochlear implants – wiring for sound
Singing the praises of colony stimulating factors
The Human Genome Project – discovering the human blueprint
Bioinformatics: making sense of the information flood
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have been inundated by biological information. Bioinformatics is helping to make sense of it all.
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Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics. |
Rebuilding humans using bionics
Bionic bodies have been depicted in science fiction for decades. Now, researchers are making bionics the new frontier of medical science, by creating hi-tech devices to help people walk, see and hear again.
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Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Conference Series |
Dirty, rotten swine flu – and how to beat it
A potentially dangerous new flu has arrived, closely pursued by a new vaccine.
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CSL Limited |
Cancer immunotherapy – redefining vaccines
As the leading cause of death in Australia, scientists are giving cancer a shot.
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The Sir Mark Oliphant International Frontiers of Science and Technology Conference Series |
Stem cells – gateway to 21st century medicine
Human embryonic stem cells burst into the headlines in 1998 and have made regular appearances ever since. Newspapers love controversy. But why is the issue so controversial?
Sponsored by the National Centre for Advanced Cell Engineering Facility
The picture becomes clear for magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging is increasing in importance as a tool for diagnosing illness and injury. Regulations in Victoria now require professional boxers to have an MRI brain scan every 3 years.
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |
The mammal copiers – advances in cloning
The cloning of Dolly the sheep has stimulated discussion on the benefits and risks of the development of cloning techniques.
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |
Getting our heads around the brain
Neuroscience has been described as the last great frontier of human biology – in fact NASA's most recent mission, Neurolab, was devoted to investigations involving the nervous system. Australian neuroscientists are among the leaders in brain research.
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The Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine |
Cochlear implants – wiring for sound
Australian researchers are helping deaf people to hear – the majority of the world's cochlear implant recipients use a device manufactured here.
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Bionic Ear Institute |  |
Cooperative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation. |
Singing the praises of colony stimulating factors
An Australian researcher's discovery of colony stimulating factors led to their widespread use to prevent infection in cancer chemotherapy patients and AIDS patients.
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The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research |
The Human Genome Project – discovering the human blueprint
In what has been called the Everest of modern biology, scientists from around the world have worked together to unravel and record the entire set of human genetic instructions.
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the Australian Government's National Innovation Awareness Strategy |