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Two Hunter researchers just received $100,000 each to transform breakthrough medical ideas into real treatments. Their innovations tackle safer lung scans for kids and precision cancer therapy.
Australians will soon access a revolutionary blood test that detects Alzheimer's with 90% accuracy in just 18 minutes. The breakthrough could transform dementia care by catching the disease decades before symptoms appear.
A generation of Australian women vaccinated against HPV as teens is now seeing cervical cancer nearly vanish. Among women in their late twenties, cases have dropped 95% in just over a decade.
A breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug may also transform diabetes outcomes for 30% of Australian CF patients who develop the condition. New research will investigate whether Trikafta can prevent or slow cystic fibrosis-related diabetes.
Australia just approved the first treatment in 100 years that can delay type 1 diabetes before symptoms even appear. Teplizumab gives families precious extra time without insulin therapy, fear, and constant medical monitoring.
Australia just approved the first new type 1 diabetes therapy since insulin was discovered over a century ago. The treatment can delay disease progression by an average of two years, giving families precious time before daily insulin begins.
Australia has approved Tzield, the first therapy in over 100 years that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes by an average of two years. The breakthrough gives families precious time before the daily burden of insulin therapy begins.
