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    Health & Medicine

    Into the wild to fight antibiotic resistance

    Antimicrobial resistance is part of the chemical warfare bacteria wage in nature, and that’s where researchers now looking for new clues to overcome it

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    Why are there so few drugs to treat viruses?

    As coronavirus case numbers surge, University of Melbourne experts explain why we have effective drugs for bacterial diseases, but relatively few for combating viruses

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    Health & Medicine

    Five ways 3D printing is changing medicine

    3D printing technology is set to revolutionise medicine from prosthetics and tissue engineering, to customised medicines that are manufactured on demand

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    Health & Medicine

    Putting cells through their paces

    An obstacle course for human lung cells could be the answer for better testing the effectiveness of potential new drugs

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