Scientists have utilised AI to predict T cell receptors, advancing personalised medicine, and boosting immunotherapy and vaccine development.
As more cases of the virus emerge outside Africa, there are significant concerns about its potential to escalate, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.
The field of RNA therapeutics has expanded incredibly in the past 30 years, and mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines were just the start.
The first case of H5N1 bird flu was reported in Australia last week. Is the world prepared for what could lead to the next pandemic?
Clinical trials of an mRNA vaccine have begun, and researchers expect broadly positive outcomes in the fight against the widespread illness.
Influenza vaccines are recommended annually, but there’s now an increasing number of different vaccine types. Here’s what to know about this year’s shots.
In assessing Scott Morrison’s prime ministership, several factors need to be taken into account. On many of them, his record is poor.
The groundbreaking identification of a specific T-cell receptor in healthy people without lupus has the potential to treat not only that disease, but approximately 100 autoimmune diseases known to have a similar pathology.
The TGA has just approved a vaccine against RSV for Australians over 60. Here’s where protection is up to for the youngest children, who are also at risk from the virus.
Antibiotics have been around for less than a century. But as resistant bacteria become increasingly difficult to treat, we risk a greater number of deaths from infections.
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
Trace the increasingly blurred line between man and machine in the world of transhumanism on our “What Happens Next?” podcast.
It appears to have become more prevalent, visible, and possibly also more politicised in post-pandemic times, as general trust in governments and mainstream media declines.
It's been around for a decade now — but cultured meat still faces some huge hurdles.
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.
New research shows if we know more about what groups of people think, real science can be communicated in better ways, and more will accept the facts.
XBB. 1.5 and other subvariants do signal a change in how the virus is mutating. Here’s what this means for Australia and globally.
The Omicron strain is driving a rapid increase in China, and is quicker to transmit than other variants.
German doctors have reported success in treating patients with severe lupus, using cell treatments like those used for some forms of blood cancer.
Unequal access to the COVID-19 vaccine fuelled calls for a patent waiver, but any major change needs to ensure a better outcome for developing economies.
Unclear and often mixed messages have contributed to public confusion that has arguably placed people’s health at risk.
Distrust is framed as a problem that needs to be solved. Instead, it can signal where there are deep social problems that need to be addressed.
A new book based on the world’s largest multi-professional study of its kind relates the distressing experiences of Australian healthcare workers amid the pandemic.
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