Two University of Adelaide researchers have been awarded more than $3 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for research into the social, environmental and hereditary factors that impact on the health of Australian children.
A University of Melbourne longitudinal family study investigating risk factors for childhood allergic disorders and their consequences, has received $850,000 from the National Health and Medical Research Council, announced by the Commonwealth Government last week.
New guidelines for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder have been accredited by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC) and are paving the way to more evidence-based treatment of mental health problems.
An international team of researchers have been awarded more than ?2 million to study the genetic causes of dwarfism in a bid to develop future treatments.
Researchers have deciphered how neurotransmitter transporter proteins recognise their targets, a finding which may provide clues for better design of drugs used to treat depression.
Conducted by the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, the research found that vacuum cleaning was an ineffective allergy avoidance measure because it removed dust mite allergen from carpets in an inconsistent and incomplete manner.
Richard Idro, M.M.E.D., of the Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya and colleagues conducted a study to determine the incidence and neurological involvement of African children with acute falciparum malaria (a severe type of malaria).
Despite improvements in the ability to diagnose malaria, these diagnostic tests are often underused in Zambia, and patients with negative test results are often prescribed anti-malaria medications, according to a study in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on malaria.
By correlating images of cancerous liver tissue with gene expression patterns, a research team led by a radiologist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has developed tools that may some day allow physicians to view a CT image of a cancer tumor and discern its genetic activity.
Women who receive aspirin during pregnancy are at lower risk of pre-eclampsia a pregnancy complication, revealed by researchers from Australia and the UK.