The artificial heart set to transform medicine – and the Aussie who invented it

The artificial heart set to transform medicine – and the Aussie who invented it

Biomedical engineer Daniel Timms lost his father to heart disease,but their kitchen-top tests helped him hone a radical idea.

  • byAmanda Hooton

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Our track record in medical innovation can only be maintained with funding support

Australian researchers are responsible for a series of globally significant medical inventions and innovations.

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Future of medical research in doubt as question mark lingers over $45 million funding

Future of medical research in doubt as question mark lingers over $45 million funding

The future of a government funding program which has assisted teams developing artificial hearts and turning spider venom into drug therapies is in doubt.

  • byMary Ward
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
Failed drug trial overshadows CSL’s bumper profits

Failed drug trial overshadows CSL’s bumper profits

Investors have punished the company’s share price for the second day in a row – despite it booking revenue of $12.3 billion for the half-year to December 31.

  • byDavid Swan
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Health behemoth CSL sheds $7b in value after heart drug fails trial

Health behemoth CSL sheds $7b in value after heart drug fails trial

Shares in the blood plasma treatments maker were trading nearly 5 per cent lower following the results.

  • byMillie Muroi
Australia underspends on this key area. It may put national security at risk
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Australia underspends on this key area. It may put national security at risk

Australia’s underinvestment in research is becoming a national security issue,some university heads argue,ahead of a landmark review and the AUKUS deal.

  • bySherryn Groch andDaniella White
Growing frustration for seaweed farmer at Labor’s ‘incredibly slow’ action to cut cow methane

Growing frustration for seaweed farmer at Labor’s ‘incredibly slow’ action to cut cow methane

After rubbing shoulders in Singapore with Prince William,Sea Forest founder Sam Elsom is eager for the Albanese government to back his plan to help save the planet.

  • byChris Barrett
Prince William rallies against climate denialism at Earthshot Prize

Prince William rallies against climate denialism at Earthshot Prize

The winners of the environmental awards,established by the heir to the British throne,each received $1.91 million in prize money after being announced in Singapore.

  • byChris Barrett
Shedding fat without losing muscle is next weight-loss target for pharma giant

Shedding fat without losing muscle is next weight-loss target for pharma giant

Muscle-mass preservation is becoming a hot new area in obesity medicine.

  • byMadison Muller andCynthia Koons