Monash University engineers have unlocked the door to earlier detection of cancer with a world-first study identifying a potential new testing method that could save millions of lives. Researchers found that a sensor using new, more sensitive materials to look for key markers of disease in the body increased detection by up to 10,000 times.…
World-First Program to Stop Hacking by Supercomputers
The Lattice-Based One Time Ring Signature (L2RS) enhanced security and privacy-preserving features enable large transactions and transfer of data without risk of being hacked by quantum computers and privacy revoked by unauthorised users. Monash IT experts consider L2RS as a significant leap forward in maintaining data security, user privacy and integrity for blockchain technology as…
A ‘Super’ Receptor that Helps Kill HIV Infected Cells
While treatments for HIV mean that the disease is no longer largely fatal, the world still lacks a true therapy that can eradicate the virus across a globally—and genetically different—population. Monash researchers, together with colleagues from the Pasteur Institute in Paris, have discovered a unique set of “super” receptors on immune cells capable of killing…
Key to Immune System’s Memory Revealed
Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute scientists have defined a novel molecular ‘blueprint’ that plays a pivotal part in the immune system’s ability to fight disease by ‘remembering’ infections. Understanding the fine detail of immunological memory potentially opens ways to improve, and to create new vaccines, and to hone treatments that use the immune system to…
New ‘Artificial Selection’ Research Findings Signal Threat for Marine Environments
A new study by Monash biologists has provided fresh insights into the long-standing questions of why animals are of the size they are and what happens when we artificially induce a change in their size. Using a technique called ‘artificial selection’ the research team genetically evolved small and large populations of a single-celled marine alga…
Scientists Reveal ‘Superbug’s’ Artillery
Hepatitis C Researchers Uncover Potential New Therapeutic Targets
Unearthing Immune Responses to Common Drugs
Australian researchers are a step closer to understanding immune sensitivities to well-known, and commonly prescribed, medications. Many drugs are successfully used to treat diseases, but can also have harmful side effects. While it has been known that some drugs can unpredictably impact on the functioning of the immune system, our understanding of this process has…
Research to Improve Treatments for Millions of Lung Disease Patients
Big Step Towards Cure for Lifelong Viral Infections
New research has taken us a step closer to finding a cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as other infections including the glandular fever virus, which is associated with the development of lymphoma. Some infections, such as HIV, cannot be cured with antiviral therapy because the virus effectively hides from the immune system.…
