Why Sydney scientists kept two livers alive in a box for a week

Why Sydney scientists kept two livers alive in a box for a week

The world-first study used an organ-preserving machine nicknamed a “liver in a box” that could revolutionise the way scientists trial medicines.

  • byAngus Dalton

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Labor strikes $3 billion peace deal with pharmacies after 60-day script furore

Labor strikes $3 billion peace deal with pharmacies after 60-day script furore

The agreement resolves a year-long spat that led to 200 pharmacy owners storming out of question time yelling obscenities.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Unethical,lying doctor can get his licence back after ban as ‘he can be trusted’

Unethical,lying doctor can get his licence back after ban as ‘he can be trusted’

Surgeon William Mooney can be trusted to resume practice in “an honest and ethical manner” after earlier findings which included deliberately misleading authorities.

  • byKate McClymont
Transparency on antibiotic use required

Transparency on antibiotic use required

The World Health Organisation has identified antimicrobial resistance as one of humanity’s greatest threats.

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‘Years my kids didn’t have’:Boost to Australian gene therapy development
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‘Years my kids didn’t have’:Boost to Australian gene therapy development

When Megan Maack’s two children were diagnosed with childhood dementia,it took years for a drug that could help to be available in Australia.

  • byMary Ward
Do the latest vaccines better protect us from COVID-19?
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Do the latest vaccines better protect us from COVID-19?

For the first time,Australian researchers have sought to put a number on how much better newer vaccines shield us from severe disease.

  • byAngus Dalton
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His dad was dying. So Daniel built a world-first artificial heart – with pipes and magnets
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His dad was dying. So Daniel built a world-first artificial heart – with pipes and magnets

Australia will spend $50 million building the world’s first long-term artificial heart,after the original prototype was built with pieces bought from Bunnings.

  • bySherryn Groch
Wonder drug or placebo:The confounding case of medicinal cannabis

Wonder drug or placebo:The confounding case of medicinal cannabis

Iraq War veteran Derek Pyrah says medicinal cannabis did wonders for his PTSD. Gold Coast Suns coach Damien Hardwick swears by it for chronic pain. But many experts say the research doesn’t stack up.

  • byJewel Topsfield
I’m a vaping barrister. Violent criminals have seized this market

I’m a vaping barrister. Violent criminals have seized this market

I was a life-long smoker and got cancer. I switched to vaping and haven’t had a cigarette in five years. Prohibition has failed again and again – and yet here we are in Australia,failing once more to heed the lessons of history.

  • byRobert Richter
Women have been gaslit for so long they no longer believe their own pain

Women have been gaslit for so long they no longer believe their own pain

As the Victorian government is likely learning since launching its inquiry into women’s pain,medical gaslighting remains depressingly pervasive.

  • byKaty Hall
An Australian doctor has just made global history. This is what happened

An Australian doctor has just made global history. This is what happened

A single pill administered in a borrowed medical clinic has become the talk of mental health doctors around the world.

  • byJordan Baker