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Mixed Messages On Gene Patenting
23 Apr 2010
A US district court ruling that genes are a product of nature and not made or invented makes them ineligible to be patented. The article canvases a range of Australian opinions and possible implications for scientific research and the development of treatments for genetic diseases if the decision...
National Curriculum Year 10
Dr Alex Veldman
15 Apr 2010
The program profiles the working life of Dr Alex Veldman who is based at Monash Hospital in Melbourne as a neonatologist for 60% of his time and as a scientist for 40% of his time. The program shows how he worked collaboratively and applied new scientific knowledge to overcome significant...
National Curriculum Year 9
Molecular Bypass
22 Apr 2010
Researchers in Perth, WA, have developed a new medicine that corrects genetic mistakes, exon skipping treatment. This is offering hope for people with serious illness. The technique works like a genetic patch which fills in for defective genes when a cell divides. The program focuses on Duchenne...
National Curriculum Year 10
Complex Pain
09 Jul 2010
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome [CRPS] is a condition where pain never goes away after an injury and may even get worse. The pain becomes a disease in its own right. It is a severe neurological disorder. The program investigates this disease by interviewing two people affected, and exploring the...
National Curriculum Year 9
Charcot-Marie-Tooth [Cmt] Disease
28 May 2010
Dr Maryanne Demasi reports on a research project at the Children's Hospital where a new treatment for a genetic neurological disorder, CMT disease, is being trialed. This project has developed from a research finding in France where mice with the disease responded to treatment with ascorbic acid...
National Curriculum Year 9
Catalyst: Science In Profile: Professor Thomas Borody
01 Apr 2010
The program describes the working life of Professor Thomas Borody, the gastroenterologist responsible for developing the first antibiotic treatment for ulcers. Stress and lifestyle were once thought to be the primary cause of stomach and duodenal ulcers. But, in 2005 Australians Robin Warren and...
National Curriculum Year 9
Hook Worms
18 Feb 2010
The program follows a clinical trial using hook worms as therapy for treatment of Coeliac disease, an autoimmune disease that affects 1 in 100 Australians.
National Curriculum Year 9
Choleric Waters Still Run Deep With Disease
23 Sep 2009
Two pages of web text about the rediscovery and modernization of an old treatment for cholera that helps victims to survive by keeping them hydrated.
National Curriculum Year 9
Killer cholera begins where other diseases end
16 Sep 2009
Dr Karl continues his examination of the causes, effects and treatments for cholera. A good explanation of how the body responds to the disease cholera and when healthy, maintains a balance in its absorption of water through the digestive system. The historical background to developing treatment...
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
Malaria drugs may get new lease of life
25 Sep 2009
An excellent article that outlines how chloroquine prevents the spread of malaria and the issues in the development of resistance to chloroquine.
BOS NSW Syllabus Years 11 and 12
