10+ hour, 2+ min ago  (444+ words) Sentenced in Bendigo Magistrates" Court on 23 June, a Bendigo lab has been fined $10, 000 without conviction and ordered to pay $4259 in costs after pleading guilty to failing to arrange for biological monitoring of two workers engaged in lead-risk work at the…...

10+ hour, 9+ min ago  (343+ words) Usually caused by a bacterial infection in the urinary tract, cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder. Up to 13% of the population, mainly women, are affected by interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), which is a condition where bladder…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (364+ words) In modern hospitals and clinical laboratories, a single missed temperature excursion or unnoticed pressure drift can undo months of careful work. Vaccines lose potency, blood products are discarded, critical samples are compromised " and when auditors arrive, "we didn't see the…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (133+ words) Using its integrated capabilities, including in-house clinical expertise, AI-driven research and human-relevant preclinical models, EMI will support the continued development of QED-203 with the expectation that the exclusive licence will help accelerate development of QED-203 towards first-in-human clinical studies in…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (481+ words) Cameras are highly effective at capturing images. However, extracting the kind of detail that can reveal differences in materials, surface conditions or environmental changes that appear identical to the human eye has, according to researchers at RMIT University, typically been…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (386+ words) Positive results for H5 avian influenza (bird flu) have been confirmed in two seabirds found in an isolated area in southern Western Australia. The Australian CDC has said the current risk of bird flu to people in Australia is "low. "Bird…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago  (319+ words) RMIT University has announced it is investing $30 million in health'and care capability, the majority centring on health capabilities at its Bundoora campus, which will become a precinct for education programs, research and industry partnerships. Existing infrastructure will be upgraded with…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (300+ words) Implants that naturally dissolve after healing, eliminating the need for follow-up surgeries, are in the sights of Australian researchers working in the growing field of advanced biomaterials. By carefully tuning alloy composition, particularly with elements such as zinc and zirconium,…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (428+ words) The partnership will build on ophthalmic research by Associate Professor Vivek Gupta, Professor Stuart Graham and colleagues at Macquarie into mechanisms that damage nerve cells connecting the retina to the brain, leading to irreversible blindness. "We have identified several genes…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (232+ words) SLICE is designed to deliver performance comparable to substantially more expensive systems, with approximately 1 "m lateral resolution and 5 "m axial resolution for imaging cells and fine neuronal processes throughout cleared tissue. The platform also offers three-wavelength imaging capability for flexible…...