Is Closing the Gap working?
Gaping policy shortfalls in the Australian Government’s ‘Closing the Gap’ program have seen it fail to reduce disparities in Indigenous health, income, employment, child removal and […]
Burns victims struggling to pay
Living away from community and Country, Aboriginal families of children with severe burns also face critical financial stress to cover the associated costs of health care […]
New light on glaucoma gene discoveries
Globally 78 million people have glaucoma. That is one in every 200 people aged 40, which rises to one in eight by age 80 – and […]
New weapon against inflammation
Flinders University researchers have discovered a new anti-inflammatory role for well-known blood clot protein fibrinogen, which could support targeted new treatments for kidney, heart and other […]
Funding boost for big Ideas
A fresh approach to improve COVID-19 and other lung disease treatment, innovative research on rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer therapy are three areas of Flinders University research […]
New insights to childhood dementia
Is the eye a window to the brain in Sanfilippo syndrome, an untreatable form of childhood-onset dementia, Australian researchers ask in a new publication. The findings […]
Home-based care for people living with dementia
With alternatives to residential aged care in high demand, a new program focused on supporting people with dementia and their carers to live well at home […]
Giant spider promises IBS relief
Molecules from the venom of one of the world’s largest spiders are helping researchers tailor pain blockers for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Researchers screened […]
Blood marker may reduce cancer burden
Researchers at Flinders University are expanding work on a promising blood test model to help predict or diagnose head and neck cancer, a difficult cancer to […]