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16 May 2022
Australia’s transgender (trans) community is experiencing depression and thoughts of self-harm at levels never before seen, but many are not getting the help they need because they’re afraid to access mainstream services, a new study has shown.
10 May 2022
A new study from researchers at the University of Melbourne and Mercy Hospital for Women has found that children born following an induction of labour or planned caesarean section are at no greater risk of being considered developmentally vulnerable when compared with their peers.
1 Apr 2022
Up 70 per cent of women and children forced from their countries as refugees are estimated to experience sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), says a new international study involving the University of Melbourne.
25 Mar 2022
Melbourne researchers are calling on healthy people aged 18-70 living in Victoria to roll up their sleeves for a Phase 1 clinical trial of two Melbourne-made COVID-19 vaccines.
24 Mar 2022
An agreement between the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) and Moderna will rapidly accelerate vaccine testing for a range of infectious diseases including HIV, tuberculosis and Japanese encephalitis, through access to Moderna’s cutting-edge mRNA Access program.
23 Mar 2022
The human body’s T cells provide long-lasting memory against the virus following vaccination or infection from COVID-19, a study led by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) has shown.
10 Feb 2022
United States Secretary of State, Mr Antony Blinken, today visited the University of Melbourne to meet with Biomedical Precinct partners, major research organisations and US biotech companies to highlight US-Australian public-private partnerships that supported the COVID-19 pandemic response.
31 Jan 2022
The first ever cohort of students to undertake the entire Doctor of Medicine (Rural Pathway) in a rural setting will begin studying at the University of Melbourne’s Shepparton Campus today.
26 Jan 2022
People who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation have an increased risk of pancreatic, stomach and prostate cancers, as well as the previously well-known risk of breast and ovarian cancers – but not for melanoma, according to new University of Melbourne led research calling for increased testing in male carriers to detect the cancers early.
20 Jan 2022
Findings from a review conducted by University of Melbourne researchers shows multiple disasters can have complex impacts on physical health, mental health and well-being which go beyond what has been observed after single disasters.
13 Jan 2022
Australia's first automated pollen counter – which will significantly improve the way airborne pollen is recorded and help hay fever sufferers better manage their allergies – has been installed by researchers at the University of Melbourne.
12 Jan 2022
Findings from an international genetic study involving the University of Melbourne means it may now be possible to predict which children are more likely to develop epilepsy later in life based on their genotype (the risk genes they may carry).
12 Jan 2022
Researchers may have uncovered a key to making existing frontline antibiotics work again, against the deadly bacteria that cause pneumonia.
10 Jan 2022
Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have discovered a new gene that plays an important role in the way the spleen functions, potentially leading to new treatments for infectious diseases.
3 Jan 2022
Research from the University of Melbourne and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has revealed T cells, one of the body’s key defences against COVID-19, are expected to be effective in mounting an immune response against Omicron despite its significantly higher mutations compared to previous variants of concern.
8 Dec 2021
Closed-loop insulin-delivery could be the key to treating older adults with long-duration type 1 diabetes according to a study that assessed the clinical benefits of the treatment in comparison to sensor-augmented pump therapy.
6 Dec 2021
Seventeen La Trobe University graduates are a step closer to realising their dream of becoming rural doctors, as they prepare to embark on the University of Melbourne’s Doctor of Medicine (Rural Pathway) in Shepparton.
6 Dec 2021
New research has uncovered how mitochondria – the energy powerhouse of our cells implicated in devastating mitochondrial disease, type 2 diabetes and cancers – respond to exercise training in unprecedented detail.
1 Dec 2021
Victorian scientists and manufacturers have created Australia’s first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate – Australia’s first ever mRNA drug product – in just five months, enabling clinical trials to begin in the new year.
30 Nov 2021
New research investigating the benefits of telehealth-delivered exercise and diet programs has found 80 per cent of participants experienced improvement in knee pain and an average of 10 per cent in loss of body weight, with one man shedding 39 kilograms.