Posts Tagged ‘treatment’
Celebrating 21 years of protecting Aussie bones in partnership with Healthy Bones Australia
Yesterday, our team at VIVA! Communications had the privilege of partnering with Healthy Bones Australia to celebrate their 21 years of protecting Aussie bones. We coordinated a national news media announcement to mark this significant milestone, and announced the organisation’s new partnership with an Australian company to develop a breakthrough diagnostic fracture prediction tool. We…
Read MoreNew research suggests a bacteria may be behind Alzheimer’s disease
Recent research has challenged the leading theory that the amyloid protein, among other proteins such as tau, is behind Alzheimer’s disease. There is mounting evidence that a bacterium involved in gingivitis may in fact be the cause of Alzheimer’s – a potential game-changer for the prevention and treatment of the disease Alzheimer’s is the most…
Read MoreLandmark study offering new hope for the treatment of people living with peanut allergies
Allergies are commonly believed to have no cure. Given a large percentage of the population experiences various allergies, with peanut allergy the number one cause of allergy-induced fatalities, it was only a matter of time before scientists chose to explore ways to treat the serious health problem. Aimmune Therapeutics-funded study (PALISADE) involved almost 500 participants…
Read MoreHope for people with motor neurone disease
People living with debilitating cases of motor neuron disease have been given revived hope following a “huge breakthrough” in treatment options by Australian researchers. A drug being hailed “ground breaking” was shown to slow the progression of the disease after being tested on 32 patients in Melbourne and Sydney. Professor Ashley Bush, chief scientific officer…
Read MoreNewly discovered molecule could hold the key to skin therapies for people with psoriasis
A protein could hold the answer to helpful therapies for skin problems such as psoriasis, a chronic skin disease affecting more than 100 million people globally. The protein is a fragment of a bigger molecule, JARID2, which researchers previously believed only existed in the developing embryo where its role is to coordinate the formation of…
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