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Phase 3 drug trial for rare chronic kidney disease achieves key milestone

Biopharmaceutical company, Dimerix Limited (ASX: DXB, “Dimerix”), which is developing new treatments for types of inflammatory kidney and respiratory diseases, has announced successful interim results of a Phase 3 trial…

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Support needed for doctors offering couples genetic testing

As the number of genetic abnormalities that can be identified in pre and post pregnancy tests reaches the thousands, a national project has been launched to assist doctors as they…

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World melanoma expert exposes sailor’s skin cancer risk

Perth based cancer researcher Professor Jonas Nilsson regularly sees in his laboratory just how damaging sun exposure is to our skin as he investigates ways to treat melanoma, the most…

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