Health/Medicine/Wellbeing
Macquarie researchers edge closer to a melanoma cure
After years spent following initially promising melanoma treatments up what became blind alleys, researchers are finally closing in on a cure. “This is an era of rapid change in the prospects of successfully treating this dangerous cancer, and of making realistic progress towards a cure of metastatic disease,” says Professor Richard Kefford of Macquarie University and Melanoma Institute...
Macquarie research successes accelerate
In the past few months, Macquarie University has enjoyed outstanding success in securing funding for projects with the potential for significant impact. Two illustrations of this from many recent notable examples include the accomplishments of Associate Professors Ian Blair and Phil Taylor, and their respective teams. Associate Professor Ian Blair, his research team and his collaborators we...
Australian Hearing Hub Open House
With one in four Australians expected to experience hearing loss by 2050, it’s never been more important to focus on hearing health. To celebrate Hearing Awareness Week, alumni and friends of the University are invited to join us at the Australian Hearing Hub Open House from 12pm – 4pm on Saturday 22 August 2015. The event aims to raise awareness on healthy hearing and the services availab...
Can sex hormones save us from dementia?
Even though we know that a lot of diseases affect men and women differently, traditionally a disproportionate amount of research has been done in males (either in male animals or on male cells/human subjects), which means that often women are medically treated as if they were men. Macquarie University PhD student Josien de Bie is working to understand the interactions of sex hormones with o...
Macquarie University Hospital welcomes visit from Prince Harry
HRH Prince Harry recently visited Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) to meet with a British soldier who is receiving groundbreaking treatment for wounds received in Afghanistan. The Prince met Lieutenant Alistair Spearing, who lost both of his legs above the knee in an IED explosion in Afghanistan in 2011, at MUH’s osseointegration clinic. He is being treated by orthopaedic surgeon, Asso...
Transforming surgical innovation
Operating theatres can be hotbeds of innovation – witness the giant forward leaps in health care that arose from inventive techniques like organ transplants and laparoscopic surgery, and from the development of devices like pacemakers and stents, which have all saved and improved millions of lives. But an operating theatre can also be a very risky place to try something new. One slip of t...