While disease usually may make us worse for wear, one cunning parasite makes its human carriers more physically desirable, a new study claims. In experiments, volunteers looked at photos of people… [+7443 chars]
In a recent study posted to the journal Nature, researchers showed that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron infection without SARS-CoV-2 vaccination conferred poo… [+6241 chars]
Influenza is spreading rapidly among Victorian children, sparking an up to 500 per cent increase in flu cases detected in the Royal Childrens Hospital lab in the last two weeks alone. After two year… [+1543 chars]
A kidney is removed from a donor, in a standard transplant procedure.Credit: BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Kidneys from pigs that had been genetically modified to have human-like immune systems … [+7233 chars]
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers at the University of Glasgow assessed the variation in angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in severe acute respiratory syndrom… [+8371 chars]
In a recent study published in Infectious Diseases, researchers estimated the incidence of arterial or venous thrombosis in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: Venous or arteri… [+5474 chars]
UNSW Sydney researchers have received over $13 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for five clinical trials to improve the health of Australians and Pacific Islander… [+5412 chars]
The immune response against tuberculosis (TB) infections develops at least twice as slowly as that triggered by other infectious diseases that affect the lungs. A study in non-human primates by Unive… [+6683 chars]
