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A team of researchers has for the first time cured patients with a lethal skin disease (Toxic epidermal necrolys), in a study that could lead to an approved curative therapy for the deadly condition

21 days ago wehi.edu.au disease medicine

'Boot camp' enzyme prevents autoimmune conditions: Researchers have identified an enzyme in the thymus that is essential for immune T cells to correctly identify threats, safeguarding them from going rogue and attacking healthy tissue in the body

2 years ago wehi.edu.au

First malaria-human contact mapped with Nobel Prize-winning technology: scientists have taken a significant step toward developing a new vaccine for malaria, revealing for the first time an ‘atomic-scale’ blueprint of how the parasite invades human cells

6 years ago wehi.edu.au malaria vaccine

New compound shows promise in treating multiple human cancers as it blocks a protein that is essential for the sustained growth of up to a quarter of all cancers.

8 years ago wehi.edu.au

Melbourne researchers have discovered a new way of triggering cell death, in a finding that could lead to drugs to treat cancer and autoimmune disease.

8 years ago wehi.edu.au cancer disease

Gene ‘switch’ reverses cancer in common childhood leukaemia model

10 years ago wehi.edu.au cancer