‘Postal worker’ of the cell reveals insights into cellular cargo trafficking and disease

Publicly released: Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 0100 AEST | 0300 NZST

Nature

Researchers have solved the structure of a complex molecular machine responsible for sorting and transporting cellular cargo, a discovery that provides important clues to how this machine functions and its contribution to neurodegenerative diseases. Read more about ‘Postal worker’ of the cell reveals insights into cellular cargo trafficking and disease - Scimex

Paracetamol may be linked to asthma in some children

Publicly released: Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 0801 AEST | 1001 NZST

The European Respiratory Society Congress

Certain children who take paracetamol during their first two years of life might be at a higher risk of developing asthma by age 18, according to Australian researchers. The susceptibility seems to be linked to a variant of a gene, GSTP1. This gene Read more about Paracetamol may be linked to asthma in some children - Scimex

Health system strains make it time to act

Publicly released: Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 0001 AEST | 0201 NZST

Australia’s health system is under strain and in urgent need of transformation to strengthen consumer-centred and community-based primary health services a new report has found. This is the view of a roundtable of national health and consumer Read more about Health system strains make it time to act - Scimex

How do we stop Aussie kids becoming obese?

Publicly released: Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 0001 AEST | 0201 NZST

MJA

By the age of five, one in five Australian kids is overweight or obese, but taxing sugary drinks, regulating unhealthy food marketing and promoting active public transport policies could all help address the problem on a population level, according Read more about How do we stop Aussie kids becoming obese? - Scimex

Indigenous Aussies not being put on the wait-list for kidney donation

Publicly released: Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 0001 AEST | 0201 NZST

MJA

Indigenous Australians with kidney disease are less likely to added to the waiting list for transplants, according to Australian research. The difference in access to donor kidneys was not explained by patient- or disease related factors, and the Read more about Indigenous Aussies not being put on the wait-list for kidney donation - Scimex

EXPERT REACTION: Australia's largest clinical trial shows taking an aspirin a day won't help you live longer

Publicly released: Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 0001 AEST | 0201 NZST

New England Journal of Medicine

A major Australian trial involving more than 19, 000 people has shown taking a daily dose of aspirin does not lower the risk of death, disability or cardiovascular disease, but it does increase the risk of major bleeding problems. The study, known Read more about EXPERT REACTION: Australia's largest clinical trial shows taking an aspirin a day won't help you live longer - Scimex

Soot from polluted air may be reaching women's placenta

Publicly released: Sun 16 Sep 2018 at 1830 AEST | 2030 NZST

European Respiratory Society International Congress

Tiny particles of what researchers believe is carbon soot, typically created by burning fossil fuels, has been found in human placentas for the first time. The researchers examined the placentas of five women who were all living in London and Read more about Soot from polluted air may be reaching women's placenta - Scimex

New photonic chip promises more robust quantum computers

Publicly released: Sat 15 Sep 2018 at 0401 AEST | 0601 NZST

Science Advances

Scientists have developed a topological photonic chip to process quantum information, promising a more robust option for scalable quantum computers. The research team, led by RMIT University’ s Dr Alberto Peruzzo, has for the first time Read more about New photonic chip promises more robust quantum computers - Scimex

EXPERT REACTION: Hurricane Florence

Publicly released: Fri 14 Sep 2018 at 1322 AEST | 1522 NZST

Hurricane Florence is beating down on the east coast of the US and its damaging winds have been recorded as high as 225 kph. Attachments:. Web page. Data from the mobile weather station towers. Dr Daniel Smith is currently stationed here in the US. Read more about EXPERT REACTION: Hurricane Florence - Scimex

Top of the world cancer charts: One in two Aussie or Kiwi men likely to get cancer

Publicly released: Fri 14 Sep 2018 at 1223 AEST | 1423 NZST

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

The Australia/NZ region has the highest cancer risk in the world - Australasian men have a 1 in 2 chance of getting some sort of cancer in their lifetimes, according to estimates of cancer produced by the WHO's International Agency for Research on Read more about Top of the world cancer charts: One in two Aussie or Kiwi men likely to get cancer - Scimex