Disease Archives - CSIROscope

Meet Samia: the first Tunisian woman to set foot in Antarctica

Our research scientist Samia Elfekih travels the world fighting the mosquito-borne diseases afflicting hundreds of millions of people. Her next stop: Antarctica.

Farming

Breakthrough in hunt for deadly cereal killer

A cereal killer is on the loose. A team of internal experts are on a mission to uncover the origins of the world’s deadliest strain of cereal rust disease.

Health

Working hard to save our bacon from African Swine Fever

As African swine fever moves closer to home, our testing has found more pork products have tested positive for fragments of the virus.

Manufacturing

Rise of the nanomachines in the war on diabetes

How assembly line nanofactories could lower the cost of diabetes medication.

How do you mend a broken heart?

We celebrated World Heart Day with science and technology. In a world-first, a man in the US received a replacement aortic heart valve.

Designer mozzies: taking the bite out of dengue with synthetic biology

A novel solution to global challenge.

Health

Combatting Ebola through more than just outbreak response

Infectious diseases, such as Ebola, pose a great threat to health and biosecurity globally. Our scientist has some ideas on how to curb future outbreaks

Eureka! Our stars in line for science Oscars

Tracking diseases, protecting soldiers and engaging underrepresented communities in science. Our stars nominated as finalists in this year’s Eureka Prizes.

Health

The link between climate change and disease

A new report has been released outlining the link between climate change and disease. Our directors of Health and Biosecurity and the Australian Animal Health Laboratory talk us through what it means for us in Australia.

Protecting the proteins that protect us from cancer

We’re researching a treatment to target prostate and HPV-related cancers including cervical, anal and head and neck cancers.

Helping cattle combat germs: more genetics, less antibiotics

How now, healthy cow? In a world first, we’ve genetically selected cattle with a better immune system, leading to better animal welfare outcomes, healthier cattle and fewer antibiotics in our food.

Health

Working to treat ‘untreatable’ cancers

We’re working to provide Australian cancer patients with revolutionary new therapies known as theranostics to fight even the most difficult-to-treat cancers.

Disease