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14 Jun 2016
The University of Melbourne and the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) announced today that they have jointly acquired the Chromium™ System from US company10x Genomics®, providing Australia with one of the first opportunities outside the United States to utilise this powerful new genomic technology towards research that can significantly improve patient outcomes.
8 Jun 2016
Regular exercise in middle age is the best lifestyle change a person can make to prevent cognitive decline in the later years, a landmark 20-year study has found.
2 Jun 2016
A newly launched $80 million enterprise marks a unique collaboration between Monash University and the University of Melbourne in the field of biomedical research.
1 Jun 2016
Eminent scientists Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty and Professor Sharon Lewin have called for an increased level of collaboration and more funding for research to fight infectious diseases across the globe.
30 May 2016
Health Minister Jill Hennessy today announced Professor Kelsey Hegarty has been appointed as Australia’s first chair of Family Violence Prevention.
23 May 2016
Australians with Type 2 diabetes are invited to trial a new digital health program to help them stay on top of their condition.
23 May 2016
Three University of Melbourne professors have joined the ranks of the world’s finest scientists after being elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra today.
12 May 2016
Hospital wards designed with nurses in mind could improve retention rates and job satisfaction, a survey of nurses released on International Nurses Day (May 12) has revealed.
10 May 2016
A leading Australian youth health expert will chair a major new Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing, launched in London on May 10.
9 May 2016
The University of Melbourne and its research partners have received a $1 million philanthropic grant via the Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia, the research arm of MND Australia.
6 May 2016
Professor Shitij Kapur was today named the next Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Health) at the University of Melbourne.
5 May 2016
Australia and India’s leading infectious disease and chronic illness experts are meeting in Melbourne this week to discuss emerging similarities between the two fields of medical science.
29 Apr 2016
The University of Melbourne has put out a call to Victorians to join the world’s largest drug trial aiming to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
27 Apr 2016
An international evidence review has found certain nutritional supplements can increase the effectiveness of antidepressants for people with clinical depression.
21 Apr 2016
A world-first University of Melbourne-led study into the health and wellbeing of more than 154 million Indigenous and tribal people globally reveals the extent of work that needs to be done if the United Nations is to meet its 2030 goals of ending poverty and inequality.
4 Apr 2016
Australia’s investment in life-saving health promotion programs now lags well behind many other comparable Western countries, public health experts say.
30 Mar 2016
Researchers are one step closer to creating a universal, one-shot influenza vaccine following the discovery that T cells, essential in the immune response to influenza, can recognise and attack emerging, mutant strains of the virus.
7 Mar 2016
The University of Melbourne’s internationally recognised Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute is to be substantially expanded and will house CSL’s Global Research and Translational Medicine Hub.
4 Mar 2016
The University of Melbourne has led the way nationally among all universities in the latest round of NHMRC outcomes, with program grants totalling $28.7 million and scholarships worth $1.26 million.
25 Feb 2016
An international team led by Australian researchers has studied the genetics of pancreatic cancer, revealing it is actually four separate diseases, with different genetic triggers and survival rates, paving the way for more accurate diagnoses and treatments.