China’s Inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate is safe and provokes immune response, say preliminary clinical trial results
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A new study published in The Lancet on Thursday found that an inactivated vaccine candidate, called BBIBP-CorV, was safe and provoked an immune response in healthy individuals. This is the first study of an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine to include participants over 60 years of age.
The BBIBP-CorV vaccine is being developed by the Beijing Ins...
Victorian antibody research could be key coronavirus vaccine alternative
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Victorian scientists have had a breakthrough in using antibodies to prevent coronavirus from infecting human cells in what could be a crucial alternative to a vaccine.
Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have been given $500,000 from the Victorian Government to continue developing antibody-based therapies for the treatment and p...
Origins of immune system mapped, opening doors for new cancer immunotherapies
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A first cell atlas of the human thymus gland could lead to new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Newcastle University and Ghent University, Belgium, mapped thymus tissue through the human lifespan to understand how it develops and makes vital immune cells called T cells. In the...
Scientists breach brain barriers to attack tumors
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The brain is a sort of fortress, equipped with barriers designed to keep out dangerous pathogens. But protection comes at a cost: These barriers interfere with the immune system when faced with dire threats such glioblastoma, a deadly brain tumor for which there are few effective treatments.
Yale researchers have found a novel way to circumven...
Embarrassment may be putting Australian women at greater risk of developing cervical cancer
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Feelings of embarrassment may be putting Australian women at greater risk of developing cervical cancer.
A third of women put off cervical screening because they feel awkward, research finds
A national campaign has been launched to increase screening rates across the country
Australia is on track for elimination, but experts say more work...
Chronic pain sufferers 'not believed', with most saying they face stigma over the condition
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In the past 10 years Kirsty Buhlert-Smith estimates she's spent $150,000 trying to treat her chronic pain, but like many in her position it's a daily struggle to have people even believe there's something wrong.
A new survey by Chronic Pain Australia, released on Monday, revealed 86 per cent of sufferers reported facing stigm...
Hot, wet start to Summer sees fly numbers boom across Australia
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No matter how much you swat, wave, yell, or occasionally swallow flies, their persistence always beats yours. And tropical to start to summer for most of the country has provided the perfect breeding conditions for these pesky insects. Associate Professor James Wallman from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Wollongong said fly ...
Aged care Royal Commission to examine use of restraints on patients after cases in NSW, Victoria
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The use of chemical and physical restraints in nursing homes in two cases highlighted by the ABC was "totally unacceptable", Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt has said.
Key points:
Ken Wyatt says he is glad the royal commission will look into cases like the ones exposed by the ABC
Aged and Community Services Australia bo...
Heart attack risk factors
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Your risk of having a heart attack or stroke
Knowing your risks is the first step to avoiding a heart attack or stroke. Heart disease is the single biggest killer of Australians, but it can mostly be prevented. There’s no one cause for heart disease, but there are risk factors that increase your chance of developing it. The mor...
How oral allergy syndrome, a form of food allergy, may be linked to your spring hay fever attacks
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Key points:
Oral allergy syndrome occurs when foods prompt an allergic reaction
The symptoms can mimic those of pollen allergies that cause hay fever
Extreme reactions can include anaphylaxis, when the throat swells and closes up
Nikki Atack hasn't eaten raw fruit or vegetables for more than a year because she fears the c...
