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Prestigious grants to support lung health and suicide prevention research

Two researchers focused on improving outcomes for children with chronic lung disease and averting suicide contagion and suicide clusters in young people have won prestigious Investigator Grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council.

Funding boost to help turn research into practical change

Research projects sharing in a $2.1 million funding boost will seek to translate research findings into changes that benefit patients and help the health system run more efficiently.

New mission to scour water and land of the Goldfields in antibiotic-resistant superbugs fight

Scientists at The Kids Research Institute Australia are taking their fight against antibiotic- resistant superbugs to the Goldfields working alongside local Indigenous communities and councils.

Rising carbon dioxide levels detected in human blood, new study finds

Rising carbon dioxide levels are being detected within the human body, with new research warning a key blood marker for the gas could near its healthy limit within decades if current trends continue.

Aspire Award funds global learning opportunity

Dr Renee Ng, a microbiologist specialising in bacteriophage therapy – an alternative to antibiotics to fight antimicrobial resistance – will travel to the world’s premier conference on viruses, bringing new ideas, connections and expertise back to Perth.