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Top 100 ranking engineers bright future for Adelaide graduates
The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s engineering expertise has risen further into the global top 100 in the latest world university rankings.
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The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and eviDent Foundation form new collaboration to lead innovative oral health research
The new research collaboration between the eviDent Foundation and the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide will facilitate dental and cross-disciplinary innovative research that can be quickly translated and put into practice to benefit the community.
State-of-the-art Cancer Institute to deliver world-leading research and treatment for South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns
World-leading patient care, cutting-edge cancer diagnoses and treatments – including genomic and immune-based technologies – combined with ground-breaking research collaborations, will be the focus of a new cancer institute in South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.
Sperm help ‘persuade’ the female to accept pregnancy
Sperm are generally viewed as having just one action in reproduction – to fertilise the female’s egg – but studies at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide are overturning that view.
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Medicinal cannabis research receives $1.5m boost
A new ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide trial will explore the use of personalised medicinal cannabis dosing to prevent common and impactful symptoms of treatment in advanced cancer thanks to Federal Government funding of $1.5 million.
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$300,000 to ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide for diabetes research
The Diabetes SA Research Grants Program has awarded $300,000 in funding, all to researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide. The grants program, which launched in 2018, funds research into diabetes detection, prevention and management. Without significant change it is estimated that 642 million people will have diabetes by 2040.
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First study on the health conditions of adults one month into COVID-19 lockdown
A new study provides one of the earliest pieces of evidence that the COVID-19 outbreak affected people not only physically but also mentally.Â
The preliminary results reveal adults in locations more affected by COVID-19 had lower physical health, mental health and life satisfaction.Â
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New Allied Health degrees add to Uni of Adelaide’s unrivalled health and medical education
The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide will introduce a suite of Allied Health degrees to its educational line-up in 2021.
Major breakthrough for leukaemia treatment
An international clinical trial involving Adelaide researchers has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a next-generation treatment for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML).
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Investors inject $45 million into SA health and biotech industry
The Adelaide China Biotech Investment Fund has today been launched – a new $45 million investment fund that will accelerate the development and commercialisation of health and bio-technologies from South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog for the global market.
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