QIMR Berghofer researchers will investigate whether personalised genetic risk information can improve skin cancer screening outcomes. Led by Associate Professor Matthew Law from the Institute’s ...

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New research from the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney has uncovered a new biological pathway that may help explain why people with type 2 diabetes are more prone to developing ...

Women who develop gestational diabetes while pregnant are at higher risk of going on to develop type 2 diabetes, and international researchers say poor sleep could be exacerbating this risk. The team ...

Photo by Angiola Harry on Unsplash Small studies have suggested medical abortion pill mifepristone could help reduce the risk of breast cancer among particularly vulnerable women but stigma around the ...

A class of micro-organisms generally neglected by research could provide new ways to fight bacteria as antibiotic resistance grows, according to international research. Archaea are one of the three ...