A small – literally – innovation is helping pave the way for more precise drugs to fight cancer by building three-dimensional models of tumour tissues.
A review indicates that both cannabinoids and terpenes in cannabis show great promise as antivirals in laboratory research, and could be used to treat infections including COVID-19.
Cardio-oncology services will provide much-needed access to heart healthcare for people with, or who have survived, cancer, and focus on the prevention of heart disease.
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A landmark analysis of the genetic sequences of hundreds of different cancers offers crucial insights into the origins and growth of the disease's myriad forms.
An online resource has been developed to address a lack of information and awareness about the devastating condition.
Instead of killing the disease – as chemotherapy and radiotherapy do – a new and “lateral” approach to treatment shows great promise.
Kylie Clarke has been a mentor, a teacher, a backpacker and even designed an Indigenous guernsey for the Western Bulldogs. But it took a serious illness to put life into perspective.
San Thang fled Vietnam in 1979, encountering pirates on the way to Australia. Now, the chemistry innovator and his colleagues are being touted to win the Nobel Prize.
Since the 1980s, PSA tests have been used for the diagnosis and follow-up of prostate cancer. However, its use as a screening test for prostate cancer remains controversial.
Playing the lead role of a terminally ill academic in Wit left Monash's Jane Montgomery Griffiths pondering the healing potential of theatre.
Despite dire warnings of a looming antibiotic resistance crisis, the issue has failed to capture the public imagination.
A palliative care doctor discusses his interactions with his patients
When a person has a serious illness, palliative care aims to improve that person's quality of life
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