IMPACT: The magazine of The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. atse.org.au September 2019 issue.
How precision medicine is changing the shape of health
Human disease is generally a consequence of complex interaction between our genes and the environment. Traditionally, medical research focuses on creating therapies to treat specific diseases.
This can be very effective and these therapies can have universal benefits across the whole population: look at immunisation against specific pathogens, […]
Jill Emberson (Photo – Australian Story: Bruce Williams)
ABC – Australian Story …..
When Newcastle radio host Jill Emberson was told she had terminal ovarian cancer, she opted to go public and go loud.
She discovered her disease was the most neglected and deadliest of all womens’ cancers and vowed to improve awareness and research funding.
Her mission took her from scientific labs, to street protests […]
Congratulations to Cartherics’ Scientific Advisor Jacques Miller. He co-shares the 2019 Lasker Award for medical research.
Australian scientist, Professor Jacques Miller has won the prestigious Lasker award, often referred to as “America’s Nobels”, for discovering the function […]
28 August, Sophie Laurenson, PhD
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Immunotherapy describes a set of therapies that leverage the capacity of the immune system to combat disease. Recent clinical successes of immunotherapies have made this an active field of research. It is considered one of the […]
Despite the recent […]
https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/car-t-cell-cancer-therapy-to-save-lives/
The Victorian and Commonwealth Governments work together to make CAR-T Cell Therapy available to patients
The Victorian and Commonwealth Governments have worked together to bring the revolutionary, life-saving new […]
The Age, 28 July 2019
By Melissa Cunningham
Former SeaChange actor Tom Long was on the brink of death when he boarded a flight to the United States in April to take part in a medical trial for terminal blood cancer.
He arrived in Seattle with sunken cheeks and a body ravaged by chemotherapy. Weighing a little more […]
STAT Biotech – By Sharon Begley @sxbegle
JUNE 25, 2019
The U.S. patent office has declared an interference between a dozen key patents awarded to the Broad Institute on the genome-editing technology CRISPR and 10 CRISPR patent applications submitted by the University of California and its partners, according to documents posted by the U.S. Patent and […]
MEDIA RELEASE
8 May 2019 Parties use science to set themselves apart ….
The major parties have laid out their science and technology platform for Australian voters, with clear differences in their approach and vision for empowering the solutions sector.
Responding to a survey from peak body Science & Technology Australia (STA), the Coalition, the Labor Party and the Greens have all […]
by Alan Trounson
Hear Alan Trounson discuss the issue Saturday 6 April at 12 noon on ABC Radio National’s The Science Show.
A few weeks ago, 18 scientists from seven countries took me back forty years to a time when I was involved with the first IVF birth in Australia. Why? The scientists, writing in the journal […]