First genetic testing for weighty issue
Lipoedema is a painful fat condition that affects more than one in 10 mainly women in Australia. In a world first, South Australian researchers are joining […]
Spotlight on health research at Flinders
Flinders Health Research Week opens a public window into the world-class health and medical research achievements of the precinct south of Adelaide. For the second consecutive […]
Gender imbalance ‘perplexing’ in heart attack treatment study
Women who suffer a serious heart attack called an ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) are less likely to receive lifesaving invasive management, revascularisation, or preventive medication at […]
Heart-stopper award for Prof Baker
One of the highest awards in the field of perfusion in heart and lung surgery, the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology’s John H Gibbon Jr Award, […]
New-era test to check for bladder cancer
Clinical trials of a new technique to tackle bladder cancer will commence at Flinders under an industry-university collaboration underway in South Australia.
A 35-year body of work
Thousands of Flinders students owe much of their knowledge of the human body to the School of Medicine’s Anatomy Museum and to its custodian Greg Souter.
Matthew Flinders back in bronze
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled the University’s 50th anniversary life-size bronze statue of Australian explorer and namesake Matthew Flinders.
Push for SA’s first milk bank
South Australia has a blood bank, an eye bank and even a brain bank – so why are we the only state in Australia that doesn’t have a milk bank?
Targeting the silent thief of sight
Flinders University researcher Dr Tiger Zhou has won a prestigious Lions Medical Research Foundation Scholarship in Medicine to search for genes that cause glaucoma.