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  1. 19 December 2021 - Health & Wellbeing

    Q&A: How immune cells could help diabetes and stroke

    Immune cells could be key to treating conditions of the eye and brain like diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and stroke finds University of Melbourne- led research.

  2. 6 December 2021 - Health & Wellbeing

    Exercise really is medicine

    Research shows how our mitochondria – the cellular powerhouses – respond to exercise, opening ways for personalised fitness, say University of Melbourne experts

  3. 11 November 2021 - Health & Wellbeing

    Is treating obesity the future of managing type 2 diabetes?

    Type 2 diabetes doesn't have to be progressive, but weight management must become a primary goal to optimise its treatment says University of Melbourne expert.

  4. 21 October 2020 - Legal Affairs

    Regulating medical devices in the ‘Internet of things’

    New research led by University of Melbourne is exploring the gap between regulation and practice in diabetes devices that are part of the Internet of Things.

  5. 28 September 2020 - Health & Wellbeing

    Joining the dots on diabetes and COVID-19

    People living with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic need some extra steps to protect their health, advise experts including the University of Melbourne.

  6. 3 September 2020 - Health & Wellbeing

    Q&A: A new way to treat type 2 diabetes?

    The discovery of how a key protein works to reduce blood glucose levels could lead to a more effective type 2 diabetes drug, say University of Melbourne experts

  7. 12 August 2020 - Health & Wellbeing

    Staying active in lockdown can make for a better normal

    Melburnians need to stay responsibly active given lockdowns are recipes for non-communicable diseases like heart disease warns University of Melbourne expert

  8. 5 June 2020 - Health & Wellbeing

    Sea snail venom holds clues for diabetes treatment

    A new study, that the University of Melbourne is part of, finds modified human insulin that mimics fast-acting sea snail venom is a potential diabetes treatment

  9. Podcast27 November 2019 - Health & Wellbeing

    Science, society and drug design

    After being the first in his family to go to university, biochemist Sir Thomas Blundell has worked in music, local council, medical research and advisor to a PM

  10. 1 May 2019 - Health & Wellbeing

    Different fat cell types may be key to obesity

    University of Melbourne-led research discovers fat cells aren't all the same – some release fat, some help to burn fat, and the balance may influence obesity.