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Professor David Story
Head of Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Unit (APPMU), Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne; Director, Melbourne Clinical and Translational Sciences (MCATS) research platform
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Health & Medicine
The milk of amnesia: A brief history of anaesthesia
Anaesthesia has come a long way from its origins in dentistry in 1840s America, but just how it works remains a medical mystery
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Health & Medicine
Tailored treatment turns up heat on melanomas
Precision medicine, a new way of delivering individualised treatments, is leading to major breakthroughs against one of Australia’s most common cancers