News: health & medical sciences
Vital medical research supported
Seven ³ÉÈË´óƬ research projects have together received more than $560,000 in funding from the Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation for research commencing in 2023.
Project investigates new approach to combat prostate cancer
A research team led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ will investigate how prostate cancer cells survive and reappear after drug treatment.
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$2.25m grant enables death literacy research
A ground-breaking five-year study led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, enabled by a $2.25 million grant from The Hospital Research Foundation (THRF), will seek to promote death literacy as part of a broader project to improve access to end-of-life services for vulnerable communities across South Australia.
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Machine learning predicts negative anaesthesia outcomes
Researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and the North Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) are conducting a pilot study to determine if machine learning can predict when patients will have adverse reactions to anaesthesia.
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Funding supports vital medical research
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been awarded almost $11 million in funding from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund.
Health simulation partnership with Philippines
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has locked in a partnership with the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) to share learnings from the University’s world-class health simulation facility, Adelaide Health Simulation.
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Nation-leading dental trailblazer humbled by royal invitation
³ÉÈË´óƬ titleholder and alum Dr Trudy Lin says she is incredibly humbled and honoured to be invited to pay her respects to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Cancer treatment ‘brain-gain’ for South Australia
South Australian patients with cancer will benefit from world-class cancer research and new treatments with the appointment of three globally-lauded scientists to the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI).
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Heart and kidney disease research wins national funding
³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers taking a new look at the science and physiology underlying heart attacks and strokes, the leading cause of death worldwide, and devising a new tool to maximise the benefits of kidney transplantation, are among the recipients of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding announced today.
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Three STEM superstars at ³ÉÈË´óƬ
A cancer researcher, an ecologist and an optical engineer from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have been named among Australia’s official Superstars of STEM for 2021-2022.
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