Parasite-killing medications fighting malaria & blindness recognised in 2015 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology & Medicine

By Team VIVA! | October 13, 2015

Professional role (e.g. Medical scientists), Satoshi Omura and William Campbell, and researcher, Youyou Tu have all clinched this year’s prestigious Nobel Prize for their work in the discovery of life-saving medicines. Discovering the bacteria, Steptomyces, Japanese microbiologist, Satoshi Omura was able to isolate samples of the bacteria, known to produce antibacterial agents, which he then…

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Q & A with the great Mr Microsoft

By Team VIVA! | June 6, 2013

Recently, billionaire and philanthropist, Bill Gates, featured on ABC’s Q&A, which was broadcast live from the University of New South Wales. 900 people attended the live Q&A session to see, and hear from, the founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s most generous philanthropists through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Foundation is…

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