A medical research team for Adelaide University has begun final trials on a new and promising treatment for liver cancers. The surgeons are tackling the liver tumours with electrolysis, with positive results.
A biotechnology company in Australia is importing human embryonic stem cells for a patented technique that holds promise for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, stroke, diabetes, spinal injury and a range of other ailments associated with cell dysfunction or damage.
Homosexual men with long-term, low-grade depression are almost twice as likely to have had unsafe casual sex in the last six months, according to researchers at Adelaide University.
Movies and TV programs usually show long-necked dinosaurs browsing from the tree-tops, but an Adelaide University researcher has just published data that challenge the theory; the animals would not have had the heart for it. (Proceedings of the Royal Society in London)
Adelaide University scientists have developed a novel technique of Partial Rootzone Drying which fools agricultural crops into maintaining food production on half the irrigation. The technique has profound implications for countries where water scarcity and salinity are agricultural problems.
New research at Adelaide University in Australia has found that the cost of marijuana -- not the legal punishment for marijuana offences -- is the real key to reducing the amount of the drug used.
An ambitious project to restore a large section of central Australia to pre-European condition has begun. One of Australia's rarest but most attractive marsupials, the bilby, has been re-introduced, and research programs are revealing new information about its breeding and behaviour.
In the first comprehensive study of its kind, Adelaide University researchers have found pelvic floor disorders to be much more common than supposed. They have also discredited the widely held belief that giving birth by Caesarean section will protect mothers from the condition. (British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 11-00)
Australian winemakers are known worldwide for the high quality of their wines and the lack of contaminants in them. Adelaide University researchers are ensuring that the reputation of Australian wines remains high with a project to develop techniques of vineyard weeding that dispense with herbicides and pesticides.
Common vetch is a useful crop feed for some animals but toxic to others, and can cause health problems for humans. A team of Adelaide University scientists has successfully developed a new strain of low-toxicity vetch which may seed a new industry worth millions of dollars.
Stroke is a major cause of death and disability, but a novel approach to identifying potential stroke victims through their genes has begun at Adelaide University.
An Adelaide University study has revealed that a large number of adolescents in Australia perceive themselves to be depressed, but their parents seem unaware of their problems and may not seek help for them.
Adelaide University has been awarded the Australian arm of a major international study to examine the long-term effects of hormone replacement therapy. The study is arguably the world's biggest and longest randomised clinical trial, stretching over 22 years and involving 36,000 women internationally.
Australia's largest river, the Murray, is suffering from reduced water flows, salinity. pollution and introduced feral pests, but even so, a new species of fish has emerged from its most degraded end.
Extinction is forever, but local extinctions offer a second chance, since a species that vanishes from one area may persist in another. Still, they sound a pretty clear warning of environmental distress.
A scheme to drain agricultural land in south-east Austrralia threatens one of the nation's prime wetlands under the international RAMSAR agreement.
A Biotechnology has announced Australia's first cloned pig, now five weeks old. New cloning technology should lead to improved breeding of livestock, protection against outbreaks of animal disease and advances in the area of xenotransplantation.
A new study into anorexia has found people with this condition often form secretive "cults" with other anorexics in order to feel as if they are part of a group. The Adelaide University research is believed to be among the first of its type in the world.
A major proportion of the world's greenhouse gases may be pumped underground, according to researchers at Adelaide University, Australia. It is hailed as one of the most practical, environmentally sustainable and economically feasible solutions to the world wide greenhouse gas problem.
A new study, believed to be the first of its kind, has established an important link between the quality of life of children with asthma and the level of stress in their family environment.
A world-first study of acute pain in former heroin users could also benefit thousands of people who suffer from chronic back pain.
The Australian Government's treatment of so-called "boat people" verges on racist, according to one of the country's leading independent commentators on refugee and asylum seeker issues.
The newly formed Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity at Adelaide University, is part of the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian team who have discovered a new family of parasitic wasps in the windy islands of New Zealand.
An Adelaide University spin-off company, has just signed three contracts worth over 2 million dollars that will place Australian meteorological expertise on the world stage.
Koalas, the animals that arguably best represent Australia to overseas tourists. Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, can afflict the animals, which spend up to 19 hours each day sitting upright in their gum trees.
Can you imagine giving birth to a child the size of a six-year-old? Or not being able to eat or breathe properly for the last third of pregnancy? Welcome to the unique world of the Australian stumpy-tailed lizard!
As water quality, pollution and salinity threaten traditional crops along the Murray, Australia's largest river, research scientists are developing Australian native flowers as a sustainable crop for floriculture.
Two new studies into horses' health could be of major importance to the economic health of the racing industry. The studies, at Adelaide University in Australia, include breath testing of horses and a new technique to help horses recover from serious tendon injury.
In June, 2000, the Adelaidean reported on promising trials of a new technique to treat patients suffering from cancers of the liver. The researchers have now presented the preliminary results of those trials to the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (South Australia).
Carp, a highly valued fish in many parts of the world, have become a huge feral pest in Australia's largest river. University researchers are trying to discover ways of blocking carp, but not native fish, from entering the river's wetlands.
Disturbing evidence is emerging from research at the University of Adelaide that the increasingly popular drug ecstasy can be linked to users suffering long-term brain damage.
A new Australian study has revealed a worrying trend between tranquillisers and being at fault in road crashes.
Exercising at particular times in the menstrual cycle could help women to lose more weight, according to new Australian research.
Milk and other dairy products can be as effective as some conventional fungicides in controlling powdery mildew in vineyards, according to new research by the University of Adelaide in Australia.
An Australian researcher has expressed concern over multi-billion-dollar spending on alternative therapies, and calls for more rigorous testing of alternative medicines.
In March 2003, a major national symposium will address crucial issues in the mental health of Australians.
Many lizards shed their tails, and then regrow them, as a survival mechanism - and now researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia believe understanding this act could also help them treat a lymphatic condition in humans.
New research will investigate how lifestyle and health "stress" on eggs and embryos can impact on the later life of children.
Sex in the water - among cuttlefish - could boost tourism in a coastal region of Australia, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.
Dental researchers at the University of Adelaide are embarking on Australia's second major oral health survey in 17 years.
South Australia is on track to becoming an international hub for plant biotechnology research with the relocation of the International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI) headquarters to Adelaide.
When it comes to having more children, Australian parents need increased personal support as much as they need paid maternity leave and money from the government, according to a study by a PhD researcher at the University of Adelaide.
The University of Adelaide is to host an International Workshop on approaches to assess the impact of humans on saline lakes.
Men who smoke are being targeted in a new study by the University of Adelaide and CSIRO to investigate a new method of improving selenium intake, and therefore health.
The University of Adelaide is working on leading edge radar imaging that could assist in better understanding climate change.
The treatment of obesity has proven that it can reduce the onset of lifestyle diseases such as hypertension, high cholesterol levels, diabetes mellitus, and even erectile dysfunction.
The University of Adelaide has created a method to prepare for the unthinkable where a combination of role-play simulation and scenario-based learning can prepare responders to crises such as hurricanes, bushfires, industrial explosions, train crashes and bombings.
Scientists at the University of Adelaide and Monash University have developed a new tool for assessing the degree of salinity increases in the Murray River and its wetlands.
The interests of researchers, industry and the general community alike will be promoted today with the launch of a new research initiative at the University of Adelaide, "˜the Water Research Cluster'.
In luring three of the world's brightest young scientists to its Faculty of Sciences, the University of Adelaide's respected research capabilities have been significantly enhanced.
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