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    Tag: Medical research

    Major study on dementia risk retracted by Lancet after data bungle

    January 12, 2024

    An influential study suggesting hearing aid use in adults with hearing loss was linked with a reduced dementia risk has been retracted by an open-access…

    Ultrasound ‘helmet’ disrupts blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s therapy

    January 8, 2024

    Temporarily disrupting the blood–brain barrier with a focused ultrasound helmet could boost the efficacy of monoclonal antibody treatments for early Alzheimer’s disease, research shows.  MRI-guided…

    Progression-free survival overused for cancer drug approvals, oncologists warn

    October 20, 2023

    Progression-free survival is a poor surrogate for overall survival and should not be relied upon as a primary endpoint for registration and marketing of anticancer…

    ‘No-one cared for years’: mRNA scientists win $1.6 million Nobel prize for medicine

    October 3, 2023

    The Hungarian biochemist and US immunologist whose scientific breakthroughs enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 have been rewarded as joint winners of the…

    A key to a ‘faulty’ lock: Why Aussie researchers are excited about naltrexone for CFS

    July 31, 2023

    What does long COVID have in common with chronic fatigue syndrome? First, there is the constellation of overlapping symptoms, including post-exertional malaise, brain fog, fatigue,…

    ‘Not a normal part of the perinatal experience’: How to diagnose childbirth-related PTSD

    July 24, 2023

    About a third of Australian mothers experience a traumatic birth, research shows, and about one in eight of these women have symptoms of PTSD. But…

    Genetic ‘shield’ may explain asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, scientists say

    July 21, 2023

    Australian and US researchers have discovered a genetic link that may explain why some people remain asymptomatic after SARS-CoV-2 infection. The research shows a person…

    Alzheimer’s drug reduces plaques, slows disease progression: full results

    July 18, 2023

    The monoclonal antibody donanemab slows clinical progression among patients with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease by up to a third compared to placebo, according to a…

    Patients are being paid to start hep C treatment — is it ethical?

    July 13, 2023

    Since direct-acting antivirals were listed on the PBS seven years ago, more than 100,000 Australians have been cured of hepatitis C infection. Yet this figure…

    Scientists have created synthetic human embryos — but is research on them ethical?

    June 22, 2023

    Researchers have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells, according to media reports. Remarkably, these embryos have reportedly been created from embryonic stem cells, meaning…

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