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Stopping HIV in its tracks
New anti-viral treatment hacks the virus’ protective shield. Just over a year ago, the European Union and the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new anti-retroviral drug to treat human...
Published: 13 February 2024
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How does HIV get into the cell’s centre to kickstart infection?
UNSW Sydney medical scientists have cracked a mystery whose solution has long eluded researchers. UNSW medical researcher Dr David Jacques and his team have discovered how the human immunodeficiency...
Published: 25 January 2024
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Powering cell transport by chance
New insights into long-haul transport of molecular cargo in mammalian cell lines revealed with super-resolution microscopy. Using live cell, single-molecule imaging in mammalian cells, UNSW Sydney...
Published: 20 January 2024
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Unravelling the impacts of space travel
A UNSW Sydney researcher has been awarded a $1m grant by the US Air Force to investigate what happens to earthly life in reduced gravity. Associate Professor Kate Poole from UNSW Medicine &...
Published: 27 November 2023
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UNSW receives more than $20m for 38 ARC Discovery Projects
The grants will support research in science, engineering, medicine, business, sociology, and defence. UNSW Sydney academics from the faculties of Science, Engineering, Medicine & Health, UNSW...
Published: 2 November 2023
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UNSW researcher awarded $1m NSW Health cardiovascular grant
The grant will be used to develop an AI tool that helps identify more effective treatments for failing hearts. UNSW Associate Professor Izzy Jayasinghe has been awarded a $1 million NSW Health...
Published: 25 October 2023
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Targeted Next- Generation DNA Sequencing to Improve Newborn Screening
A world-first feasibility study conducted in Australia via a public and private sector collaboration, has realised the potential of DNA sequencing to expand and improve population newborn screening....
Published: 1 August 2023
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Inclusion at the heart of discovery science
Whether it is in research or academic leadership, Dr Izzy Jayasinghe, the incoming Head of UNSW Sydney’s Department of Molecular Medicine, is breaking down barriers that limit scientific research....
Published: 29 June 2023
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Machine learning to chart intracellular landmarks
Researchers develop an AI tool – with high-resolution images showing many proteins inside human cell lines – to generate cellular maps with intricate detail of the organization of organelles and...
Published: 6 June 2023
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The search for a malaria vaccine
Malaria is among the oldest of human diseases. There are traces of Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, in ancient Egyptian mummies. Some records say that Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE...
Published: 24 April 2023

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