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Platypus venom could hold key to diabetes treatment
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn researchers have discovered remarkable evolutionary changes to insulin regulation in two of the nation’s most iconic native animal species – the platypus and the echidna – which could pave the way for new treatments for type 2 diabetes in humans.
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Making babies in the 21st century – let’s talk about sex!
The RRI hosted the public forum Making babies in the 21st Century – Let’s talk about sex!
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Bed, birth and beyond
Yesterday, the RRI co-hosted a GP training session in collaboration with Fertility SA at Adelaide Oval titled Bed, Birth and Beyond: Women’s health, conception, pregnancy and further.
Winter conception increases mum’s diabetes risk
Research led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has found that women whose babies are conceived in winter are more likely to develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, increasing a range of risk factors for both child and mother.
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Drug shows promise for preventing preterm birth
Researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide have successfully tested a drug that is showing some early promise in efforts to prevent pre-term birth.
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