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Health experts recognised for research impact
The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s Professor Helen Marshall and Dr Trudy Lin have been recognised as South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s 2022 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n of the Year and Young ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n of the Year respectively.
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Top 100 ranking engineers bright future for Adelaide graduates
The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s engineering expertise has risen further into the global top 100 in the latest world university rankings.
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The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide and eviDent Foundation form new collaboration to lead innovative oral health research
The new research collaboration between the eviDent Foundation and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide will facilitate dental and cross-disciplinary innovative research that can be quickly translated and put into practice to benefit the community.
State-of-the-art Cancer Institute to deliver world-leading research and treatment for South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ns
World-leading patient care, cutting-edge cancer diagnoses and treatments – including genomic and immune-based technologies – combined with ground-breaking research collaborations, will be the focus of a new cancer institute in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.
Sperm help ‘persuade’ the female to accept pregnancy
Sperm are generally viewed as having just one action in reproduction – to fertilise the female’s egg – but studies at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide are overturning that view.
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Medicinal cannabis research receives $1.5m boost
A new ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide trial will explore the use of personalised medicinal cannabis dosing to prevent common and impactful symptoms of treatment in advanced cancer thanks to Federal Government funding of $1.5 million.
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$300,000 to ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide for diabetes research
The Diabetes SA Research Grants Program has awarded $300,000 in funding, all to researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide. The grants program, which launched in 2018, funds research into diabetes detection, prevention and management. Without significant change it is estimated that 642 million people will have diabetes by 2040.
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First study on the health conditions of adults one month into COVID-19 lockdown
A new study provides one of the earliest pieces of evidence that the COVID-19 outbreak affected people not only physically but also mentally.Â
The preliminary results reveal adults in locations more affected by COVID-19 had lower physical health, mental health and life satisfaction.Â
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New Allied Health degrees add to Uni of Adelaide’s unrivalled health and medical education
The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide will introduce a suite of Allied Health degrees to its educational line-up in 2021.
Major breakthrough for leukaemia treatment
An international clinical trial involving Adelaide researchers has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a next-generation treatment for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML).
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