freelance science journalist and author
From Monash Magazine, February 2015: One question being asked over and again by governments and agencies about the Ebola epidemic is: how many more cases to expect? Between the asking and the answering lie hugely complex calculations. These must take into account all that has happened with the spread of the virus so far, and … Continue reading The human numbers of Ebola
From Monash Magazine, February 2015: Cancer chemotherapy is far from subtle. It effectively means carpet-bombing the body with a toxic regimen that kills cancer cells, but also obliterates a lot of healthy cells in the process. The ultimate hope with this approach is that the cancer surrenders before the patient does. But what if cancer … Continue reading Medicine enters the nano world
From Monash Magazine, February 2013: “Nature may have come up with a beautiful design in the insulin molecule, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be improved,” says Associate Professor Andrea Robinson from Monash University’s School of Chemistry. Regular doses of insulin are essential to the health of almost 300 million people around the world who … Continue reading Molecular makeover targets insulin longevity
From Monash Magazine, February 2013: Sophisticated technology that packages medicines, sends them into the body and releases them as required has the potential to transform life for people with macular degeneration and a range of other serious diseases. If medicines could be designed in a way that allowed them to be sent to the right … Continue reading Lights, lipids, action
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